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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does David go while Hulan is interviewing the foreigners?
(a) To the site.
(b) To write up a report for the American embassy.
(c) To notify Lily's next of kin.
(d) To the guest house.

2. Where are Hulan and David going to stay while on assignment?
(a) The Chairman's Lodge.
(b) The Yellow River Guest Lodge.
(c) The Panda Guest house.
(d) The Red Zypher.

3. Who are the vultures?
(a) The raptors in this area.
(b) The heads of the various factions in the All Political Society.
(c) The Chinese Communist party representatives in this area.
(d) Five Chinese representatives from various museums.

4. According to Michael Quon, why is he at the site?
(a) To supervise the finding of Chinese artifacts.
(b) As a representative of the Society for Chinese Nationalism.
(c) As a representative for the Society fot eh Advancement of Artifact Preservation.
(d) To see it before it is innundated.

5. From whom does Hulan take control of the murder scene?
(a) Captain Hom.
(b) Sargent Ju.
(c) Lieutenant Wong.
(d) Captain Wu.

6. What does Catherine do when Hulan interviews her?
(a) Lies.
(b) Breaks down and sobs.
(c) Refuses to answer any questions.
(d) Confesses to knowing the killer.

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

8. Where is David on his way to?
(a) Site 518.
(b) The Three Gorges Dam construction site.
(c) Site 889.
(d) The site of Brian's death.

9. What seems obvious when Hulan finds Lily's body?
(a) Lily was packing her bags.
(b) Someone was going through Lily's belongings.
(c) Lily knew her killer.
(d) Lily was killed elsewhere.

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

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

12. Who is Brian's supervisor?
(a) Dr. Li.
(b) Dr. Wu.
(c) Dr. Ma.
(d) Dr. Yang.

13. What is Dr. Paul Strong's area of expertise?
(a) Physics.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Linguistics.
(d) Ancient pottery.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hulan noted as being?

2. Who is Lily Sinclair?

3. What does Michael Quon admit to Hulan?

4. What does David decide to do?

5. What does Lily not want to reveal in front of the others?

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