2. What does the narrator say will be a great achievement?
(a) The Three Gorges Dam.
(b) Stopping the oncoming lava flow.
(c) The body reaching its burial spot intact.
(d) The narrator does not mention a great achievement.

3. How does Hulan surprise David in their guest house?
(a) She tells him she is pregnant.
(b) She says she wants a divorce.
(c) She kisses him.
(d) She gives him a present.

4. With what civilization is Dr. Zhongyan concerned?
(a) Zu.
(b) Ba.
(c) Tang.
(d) Ra.

5. What does Tang Wenting say she is there to do?
(a) Kill Chairman Mao.
(b) Kill Hulan.
(c) Kill herself.
(d) Punish her child.

6. Who is Brian McCarthy?
(a) A missing British photographer.
(b) A missing British anthropologist.
(c) A missing American entomologist.
(d) A missing American archaeologist.

7. What was the purpose of the Nine Tripods of Yu the Great?
(a) To triangulate a fix among the moon, sun and earth.
(b) To create a visual map of Yu's empire.
(c) To find the exact center of the earth.
(d) To hold up various relics he created.

8. About what does Hulan instruct the local officials?
(a) How to take forensic pictures.
(b) How to interview the hotel staff.
(c) How to preserve evidence.
(d) How to be firm yet accomodating to the foreigners.

9. What does Hulan think about that night before going to sleep?
(a) Her husband returning to the United States.
(b) The All Patriotic Society.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Moving to the United States.

10. What does the local farmer note about the body?
(a) It is a Japanese.
(b) It is a very young Chinese man.
(c) It is a white man.
(d) It is wrapped in a shroud.

11. Who is Yu the Great?
(a) The ruler of China at the time of the book.
(b) The ruler of Szechun at the time of the book.
(c) A figure of legend.
(d) A magistrate who has the Chairman's ear.

12. Who are the vultures?
(a) Five Chinese representatives from various museums.
(b) The heads of the various factions in the All Political Society.
(c) The raptors in this area.
(d) The Chinese Communist party representatives in this area.

13. Who is Catherine?
(a) The archeologist in charge of the dig.
(b) David's sister.
(c) Stuart's daughter.
(d) Stuart's wife.

14. Why will the land be inundated in the future?
(a) The Chinese are building a land at the Three Gorges.
(b) They are going to flood the land with just a few inches of water to make rice paddies.
(c) There will be a volcanic eruption some time soon.
(d) It is not going to be inundated, but rather become a desert.

15. What is one trait Brian McCarthy's sister says about him?
(a) He was faithful to his girlfriend back in the States.
(b) He was meticulous and careful.
(c) He had a lack of common sense.
(d) He was easily angered.