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

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

3. Who is Brian McCarthy?
(a) A missing British photographer.
(b) A missing American archaeologist.
(c) A missing British anthropologist.
(d) A missing American entomologist.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the All Patriotic Society?

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

3. When does Hulan denounce her father?

4. What does the narrator say will be a great achievement?

5. What does the local farmer note about the body?

(see the answer key)

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