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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 go to look for Xie?

2. Where does Chen end up after wandering the streets at night in Chapter 29?

3. Who asks Chen to introduce them for Party membership?

4. Why does Yu have a hard time relaying to Chen the new information about the case he receives?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What have Yu and Chen be reassigned to do in Chapter 30?

2. In Chapter 28, what does Secretary Li inform Chen of, regarding the case?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Chen do while unable to sleep in Chapter 29?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the primary message of "Death of a Red Heroine"? What does the author want readers to walk away from the book understanding better or believing?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Explain poetry as a primary motif in "Death of a Red Heroin". Where does it appear and what forms? Why does the author include poetry as a motif?

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