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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. Who does Ouyang plan to ask to help Chen find Xie?
(a) His co-workers.
(b) His boss.
(c) Madams.
(d) His customers.

2. Why does Chen want to see Guo Qiang?
(a) Because he murdered Guan.
(b) Because he did not show up for work for Chen.
(c) Because he submitted a report against Chen.
(d) Because he provided Wu's alibi.

3. Who is the package that Chen receives in Chapter 34 from?
(a) His mother.
(b) Wang.
(c) Ling.
(d) Xie.

4. What happens to Wu after his trial?
(a) He receives 30 years in solidary confinement.
(b) He is executed.
(c) He receives 50 years in jail.
(d) He receives life in prison.

5. What do Ling and Chen share a love of?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Books.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Chess.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes Chen to take a few days off in Chapter 33?

2. Where is the package that Chen receives in Chapter 34 from?

3. When the Americans in Chapter 31 suggest that Chen pick a restaurant for them to dine in, where does Chen pick?

4. Who does Director Yao want Chen to hand the case over to?

5. How does Chen's mother feel about his career?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Ouyang?

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

4. What does Chen use his new role as Traffic Control Office to assign Old Hunter to do, and why can he get away with it?

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

6. How do Yu and Chen continue covertly sharing information about the case, so it does not appear that they are still working on it?

7. What role does Lu's restaurant play in Chapter 31?

8. What action of Dr. Xia's reinvigorates Chen's dedication to solving the case?

9. What does Xie share with Chen about her relationship with Wu?

10. What irony does Chen realize about his new relationship with Ling and the connections to Wu's case?

(see the answer keys)

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