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

2. What does the young boy who kicks the body think?
(a) It is a shark.
(b) It is just some debris.
(c) It is a crocodile.
(d) It is his friend with whom the boy is swimming.

3. With what is Hulan's mother plagued?
(a) Shingles.
(b) Dementia.
(c) Arthritis.
(d) Multiple sclerosis.

4. With whom does Hulan make a deal five years earlier?
(a) A group of high-powered political figures who rule China.
(b) A group of high-powered political figures in the United States.
(c) A group of high-powered political figures in Korea.
(d) A group of high-powered political figures in Japan.

5. Who is Vie Minister Zai?
(a) A father figure to Hulan.
(b) Hulan's uncle.
(c) Hulan's grandfather.
(d) Hulan's brother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Hulan once fail to do?

3. About what does Hulan lament?

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

5. Who does Hulan go to see regarding her new assignment?

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