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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. To what is Hulan being assigned?
(a) To investigate the death of a foreigner.
(b) To Hong Kong criminal investigations.
(c) To Hunan province.
(d) To investigate the All Patriotic Society.

4. Where does Hulan work?
(a) Tienanmen Square.
(b) A mine in Mongolia.
(c) A small farm near Wuhan.
(d) A factory in Beijing.

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

6. Who is Catherine?
(a) Stuart's daughter.
(b) The archeologist in charge of the dig.
(c) Stuart's wife.
(d) David's sister.

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

8. Who disappears from the middle of the courtyard and remarried during the Revolution?
(a) Master Yu.
(b) Master Wu.
(c) Master Wang.
(d) Master Wong.

9. Who is Liu Hulan?
(a) A farmer.
(b) A factory worker.
(c) An Inspector with the Ministry of Public Security.
(d) A miner.

10. What does Hulan think she should support because of being educated in the United States?
(a) Higher education for every Chinese person.
(b) Woman's rights.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Religious freedom.

11. Who is Lily Sinclair?
(a) David's girlfriend before he married Hulan.
(b) A worker for the Cosgrove's auction house.
(c) A Chinese philologist.
(d) The head archeologist.

12. What does Hulan stress to the Chinese workers as she informs them of Lily's murder?
(a) Any Chinese worker found to be involved will be executed.
(b) The fact that the United States has capital punishment.
(c) Their duty to help foreigners as a sign of superiority.
(d) Chinese relies upon foreigners and these murders will hurt all Chinese.

13. How was Lily mutilated?
(a) Her head is cut off.
(b) Her hands are cut off.
(c) Her eyes are missing.
(d) Her feet are cut off.

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

15. To what does the conversation shift when Hulan indicates she is investigating a murder?
(a) Who wants the excavations to fail.
(b) Who hates whom.
(c) Fate.
(d) Site safety.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hulan do as they pass through Qutang Gorge?

2. What was the purpose of the Nine Tripods of Yu the Great?

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

4. What will Stuart do if he comes across stolen items with forged papers?

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

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