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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the last place Guan vacationed?

2. In the emergency meeting, who is everyone involved in the case told to report to?

3. Guan was the public fact of what political party?

4. How much progress has been made on the case by the beginning of Chapter 9?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What type of character is Chief Inspector Chen introduced as?

4. What does Zhang do with Chen's poem that he finds?

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. How does Wang's news in Chapter 18 affect Chen's focus?

8. What happens with Chen and Yu confront Wu in his home in Chapter 20?

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

10. How does the murder victim's profession change the whole tone of the investigation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Wu's former lovers, their relationships with Wu, and what they had to say about him.

• Jiang

• Ning

• Xie

• Guan

Essay Topic 2

Conflicts are prevalent in "Death of a Red Heroine". Select two of the following types of conflict and compare/contrast an example of each from the book.

• Man vs. Man

• Man vs. Self

• Man vs. Society

• Man vs. Nature

• Man vs. Technology

Essay Topic 3

There were many cases of things not being what they initially seemed. Select three examples from the book of things that, after learning a bit more, were very different from what they initially portrayed. Why might the author have presented information in this manner?

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