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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. What unusual things do Guan's coworkers say she started doing prior to her death?

2. Why does Lu ask Chen for a loan?

3. What does Chen find odd about Guan's final departure?

4. Who is Peiqin?

5. What is Yu's father known as?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Yu's frustrations with the case in Chapter 10 compare with Chen's previous frustrations?

2. How is the body at the center of the book's crime found?

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

4. What personal information does Dr. Xia's more detailed report in Chapter 5 reveal about the body found in the canal?

5. What is ironic about Chen's thoughts during and after his lunch date with Wang in Chapter 11?

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

7. How can Wu's photography career be described?

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

9. What does Lu ask Chen for at the housewarming party, and what does Chen's response suggest about their relationship?

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

Discuss which characters are main characters verses secondary characters, and how you distinguished between the two.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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