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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 - Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the purpose of the Nine Tripods of Yu the Great?
(a) To triangulate a fix among the moon, sun and earth.
(b) To hold up various relics he created.
(c) To create a visual map of Yu's empire.
(d) To find the exact center of the earth.

2. What does Hulan do after Chaowen's death?
(a) Tries to kill herself.
(b) Tries to get pregnant again.
(c) Joins the Chinese Communist Party.
(d) Leaves her husband.

3. About what does Hulan lament?
(a) The changes in the party structure.
(b) The death of the 50 female factory workers.
(c) The failing of her marriage and death of her daughter.
(d) The death of the 50 miners.

4. What is the reason for the assignement of David and Hulan to the same case?
(a) They are just the best people for the job.
(b) To have an Eastern and Western perspective.
(c) To rekindle their marriage.
(d) To keep relations between the United States and China on good terms.

5. What does the local farmer note about the body?
(a) It is wrapped in a shroud.
(b) It is a white man.
(c) It is a very young Chinese man.
(d) It is a Japanese.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the conversation shift when Hulan indicates she is investigating a murder?

2. What does Tang Wenting say she is there to do?

3. From what did Chaowen die?

4. What happens to the body as it floats down the river?

5. What is the All Patriotic Society?

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