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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. Where does Chen return to at the beginning of Chapter 33?
(a) The karoake party.
(b) Lu's restaurant.
(c) His apartment.
(d) His office.

2. Where is the package that Chen receives in Chapter 34 from?
(a) America.
(b) Beijing.
(c) It is not marked.
(d) Japan.

3. Why does Chen pick the establishment that he does in Chapter 31 for him and the Americans to dine?
(a) It is Wu's favorite restaurant.
(b) To see if he has any messages.
(c) To get a closer look at the caviar.
(d) He thought they would appreciate American food.

4. What type of relationship did the first woman Yu interviews in Chapter 25 have with Wu?
(a) She was in love with him, but he was not in love with her.
(b) He was in love with her, but she was not in love with him.
(c) Purely sexual.
(d) They were engaged.

5. Who calls the bureau in Chapter 37 looking for Chen?
(a) Wu.
(b) Chen's mother.
(c) Wang.
(d) Ling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Guo Qiang work for?

2. What is Yu temporarily reassigned to in Chapter 33?

3. What does Guo Qiang say or do to Chen?

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

5. When did Chen and Ling date?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What motive for Guan's murder does Chen begin to consider in Chapter 33?

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

4. What information does Peiqin pass on to Chen from Yu at the Karaoke party?

5. When Chen visits his mother in Chapter 27, what is she worried about?

6. Why does Wang call Chen late at night in Chapter 29?

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

8. What does Old Hunter warn Chen about in Chapter 26?

9. What information about the case does Old Hunter meet with Chen to share with him in Chapter 26?

10. What does Ning Jing tell Yu about her relationship with Wu?

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