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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had the murdered woman eaten less than hour before her death?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) Caviar.
(c) A sandwich.
(d) A salad.

2. What else is Chen, besides a cop?
(a) A poet.
(b) A photographer.
(c) A golfer.
(d) A runner.

3. What do Yu and Chen agree on regarding the political aspects of the case?
(a) They will make the case too public.
(b) They are frightening.
(c) They will make the case too suseptable to blackmail.
(d) They are overblown.

4. Who told Guan to cut Lai Guojun out of her life?
(a) The Party.
(b) No one, she decided it on her own.
(c) Wu Xiaoming.
(d) Her father.

5. What does Peiqin believe about Guan in Chapter 13?
(a) Guan may not have been single.
(b) Guan was kidnapped.
(c) Guan was in the mafia.
(d) Guan led a double life.

6. What does Chen realize about where the murder happened?
(a) It probably happened on a dock.
(b) It must have happened on a boat.
(c) It must have happened in Shanghai.
(d) It could have happened anywhere.

7. In Chapter 21, Zhang thinks that Chen __________ him.
(a) Hates.
(b) Questions.
(c) Underminds.
(d) Admires.

8. What selfish reason does Wang give for wanting to move?
(a) A chance to find someone who will marry her.
(b) More opportunities to advance her career.
(c) She doesn't want to be tied to Chen.
(d) She will live a more priviledged live elsewhere.

9. What does Chen learn is Guan's assumed name for traveling?
(a) Comrade Zhaodi.
(b) Wang Hong.
(c) Wei Hong
(d) Xie Rong.

10. What color hair does the lady that Chen finds a picture of in Guan's photo album have?
(a) Red.
(b) Grey.
(c) Black.
(d) Brown.

11. How did Guan's neighbors feel about her?
(a) They admired her.
(b) They hardly saw her.
(c) They thought she was very loving and friendly.
(d) They disliked and resented her.

12. What unusual things do Guan's coworkers say she started doing prior to her death?
(a) Taking more vacation and wearing jewlery.
(b) Skipping work and wearing more make-up.
(c) Smoking and being rude to customers.
(d) Working extra hours and not wearing any make-up.

13. What is Chen throwing when he is first introduced in the book?
(a) A fit.
(b) A rock.
(c) A surprise party.
(d) A housewarming party.

14. The relationship between Yu and Chen is filled with ______.
(a) Hate.
(b) Love.
(c) Admiration.
(d) Tension.

15. In the emergency meeting, who is everyone involved in the case told to report to?
(a) Chen.
(b) Commissar Zhang Zhiqiang.
(c) Yu.
(d) Secretary Li.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Wang Feng's profession?

2. In Chapter 10, what does Chen deduce Guan's relationship with the killer was?

3. What era is "Death of a Red Heroine" set in?

4. What does Yu's report confirm that the body found in the canal died of?

5. On what date is the body involved in the main crime of this book found?

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