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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ling wearing when she first shows up at Chen's hotel room?

2. What does Chen's new assignment in Chapter 37 appear on the surface to be?

3. What was the main reason Ling broke up with Chen?

4. Old Hunter assigned to patrol whose neighborhood Chapter 38?

5. In Chapter 32, Chen is supplied with a receipt for Wu's __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Li lie to Chen and have Wu arrested without Chen and Yu knowing?

2. Why is it significant to Chen when he learns that Wu has applied for a visa to America?

3. Who is Ouyang?

4. In Chapter 28, what does Secretary Li inform Chen of, regarding the case?

5. How do Chen and Ling know one another, and what is their current relationship?

6. What have Yu and Chen be reassigned to do in Chapter 30?

7. What happens in Chen's meeting with Director Yao of the Party Discipline Committee?

8. What does Jiang Wehe tell Yu about her relationship with Wu?

9. Who is Guo Qiang, and what is his role in the story?

10. How does the speed and outcome of Wu's trial reflect the changing political scene in China at the time of the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many characters help Chen in his investigation, and without their help, he likely would never have been able to solve the crime. Which three characters do you feel were most instrumental in assisting Chen in solving the mystery of Guan's murder?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the author's use of literary techniques throughout "Death of a Red Heroine". Which techniques were used and how effectively? Where there any literary techniques not utilized that would have strengthened the story?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the motives of any two of the following characters:

• Chen

• Yu

• Wu

• Old Hunter

• Wang

• Zhang

• Ling

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