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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue, Chapter 1 - Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why will the land be inundated in the future?
(a) There will be a volcanic eruption some time soon.
(b) They are going to flood the land with just a few inches of water to make rice paddies.
(c) It is not going to be inundated, but rather become a desert.
(d) The Chinese are building a land at the Three Gorges.

2. Who is Xiao Da?
(a) The Captain of the Red Square Guard.
(b) The leader of the All Patriotic Society.
(c) Liu Hulan's best friend.
(d) The party leader in northern Hunan province.

3. What does Tang Wenting say she is there to do?
(a) Kill Chairman Mao.
(b) Kill Hulan.
(c) Punish her child.
(d) Kill herself.

4. How does Hulan accidentally kill Tang Wenting?
(a) She struggles with Wenting for the knife and it cuts Wenting's femoral artery.
(b) Hulan shoots Wenting in the shoulder, but a bone fragment cuts the carotid.
(c) She is shooting at some thieves and hits Wenting.
(d) Hulan intended to kill Wenting.

5. When does Hulan denounce her father?
(a) At age 21.
(b) At age 15.
(c) She refuses to denounce him.
(d) At age 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom was Hulan allowed to marry?

2. Upon what river is a dead man floating?

3. Who is Liu Hulan?

4. What is the reason for the assignement of David and Hulan to the same case?

5. What does the young boy who kicks the body think?

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