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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 does Chen tell Peiqin to leave him messages?

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

3. What did the second woman Yu interviews in Chapter 25 hope Wu would do to his wife?

4. What does the person Chen visits in Chapter 27 think about his actions with Wang?

5. When Chen returns to Guan's dormitory in Chapter 36, what does he look behind and finally find the motive for the murder?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Chen returns to Guan's dormitory again in Chapter 36, what does he finally find, and why does it mean?

3. What does Jiang Wehe tell Yu about her relationship with Wu?

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

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

6. What does Chen conclude about himself and his future actions at the end of the book?

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

8. What does Chen learn about Xei in Chapter 33?

9. What response does Chen get from Ling, his friend in Beijing, to his plea for help sent earlier?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the motives of any two of the following characters:

• Chen

• Yu

• Wu

• Old Hunter

• Wang

• Zhang

• Ling

Essay Topic 2

Chen has a romantic relationship with two different women throughout "Death of a Red Heroine". Compare and contrast Wang and Ling and their influence on Chen. Did he feel the same about both women? What did they offer him, and what did he offer them?

Essay Topic 3

What is Zhang's role in "Death of a Red Heroine"? What does he represent, or what is he the personification of?

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