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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who thinks the foreigners are to blame for the artifact thefts?
(a) Angela.
(b) No one.
(c) Ma.
(d) All the vultures.

3. What does the narrator say will be a great achievement?
(a) Stopping the oncoming lava flow.
(b) The Three Gorges Dam.
(c) The body reaching its burial spot intact.
(d) The narrator does not mention a great achievement.

4. About what organization does Hulan repeatedly ask?
(a) The Society for Chinese Nationalism.
(b) None.
(c) The All Patriotic Society.
(d) The Society for the Advancement of Artifact Preservation.

5. What does Hulan think about that night before going to sleep?
(a) Her husband returning to the United States.
(b) The All Patriotic Society.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Moving to the United States.

6. 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) The Chinese are building a land at the Three Gorges.
(d) It is not going to be inundated, but rather become a desert.

7. With what civilization is Dr. Zhongyan concerned?
(a) Ba.
(b) Tang.
(c) Zu.
(d) Ra.

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

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

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

11. For whom does Hulan send?
(a) An officer.
(b) A pathologist.
(c) A mortician.
(d) A diplomat.

12. Who is Stuart Miller?
(a) A tourist Hulan and David meet.
(b) A visitor to Tienanman Square.
(c) Owner of the company building the dam.
(d) David's other law partner.

13. What is Hulan's husband doing as she is in Tienanmen Square?
(a) Thinking of his daughter and his marriage.
(b) Preparing to kill himself.
(c) Writing Hulan a letter.
(d) Preparing to return to the States.

14. What is one trait Brian McCarthy's sister says about him?
(a) He was easily angered.
(b) He had a lack of common sense.
(c) He was meticulous and careful.
(d) He was faithful to his girlfriend back in the States.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what is Hulan being assigned?

2. Who is Brian McCarthy?

3. Who is noted to have control over floods in the Chinese past?

4. Of what does Li Gou remind David?

5. Who is Lily Sinclair?

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