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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chen deduce, based on Guan's photos?
(a) That she asked stranges to take her photo.
(b) That she travelled with someone who photographed her.
(c) That Guan travelled overseas.
(d) That she travelled alone and put the camera on automatic.

2. During the era of this book, China is transitioning from _________ to a market-driven economy.
(a) Marxism.
(b) A democracy.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Communism.

3. What does Zhang think of Chen's planned trip to Guangzhou?
(a) It is a waste of resources.
(b) It seems dangerous.
(c) It is a decent lead to follow.
(d) At least it will get Chen away for awhile.

4. What gift does Chen receive in Chapter 11?
(a) A running journal.
(b) A poetry book.
(c) A fishing book.
(d) A diary.

5. What does Party Secretary Li Guoha suggest Chen do with the murder case?
(a) Sit on it for a week before deciding anything.
(b) Pass it on to others.
(c) Assign it to Yu.
(d) Take it on himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Zhang feel about Chen?

2. Where was the last place Guan vacationed?

3. Where do Chen and Yu confront Wu in Chapter 21?

4. Who was the tour guide on Guan's trip to the Yellow Mountains?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Chen feeling about the case at the beginning of Chapter 9?

2. What is Party Secretary Li Guoha's relationship to Chen, and what evidence is there of this relationship in Chapter 4?

3. What good news does Wang call Chen with at the beginning of Chapter 5?

4. What is Wu's alibi for the night of the murder, and why is it suspicious?

5. What surprising news does Wang announce to Chen during their dinner date in Chapter 18?

6. What is the murder victim's name, and why is it significant?

7. What breakthrough realization does Chen have about a clue in the case in Chapter 9?

8. Who is Lai Guojun, and why did his relationship with Guan change?

9. What did Chen do for Yu that surprised Yu and changed the way he thought of Chen?

10. What does Detective Yu learn about Guan through interviewing her co-workers and neighbors?

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