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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does David suspect Zai knew?
(a) Xiao Da's identity.
(b) Lily's murderer.
(c) Where the fungus originated.
(d) Brian's murderer.

2. Why does Miller fund the digs?
(a) He wants the local Chinese people to feel good towards his company.
(b) He wants to preserve artifacts.
(c) He offers no reason.
(d) He wants the Chinese government to give him the contract for the dam.

3. Who is threatening Miller?
(a) Ma.
(b) The All Patriotic Society.
(c) Wu Lin.
(d) Brian's sister.

4. With whom does Hulan have dinner?
(a) Angela.
(b) Hom.
(c) Ma.
(d) Michael Quon.

5. What does Michael enjoy more than anything?
(a) Being with a charming woman.
(b) Daredevil sports.
(c) Chinese artifacts.
(d) Flying his lear jet.

6. Whom does Miller say will be blamed if the dam fails?
(a) The local province officals.
(b) Foreigners.
(c) The Chinese will not admit failure.
(d) The Chinese government.

7. What does Miller say about Brian in relation to Lily?
(a) Nothing.
(b) He was her courier.
(c) He hated her.
(d) He was in love with her.

8. What is one organization that would like the dam project to be halted?
(a) Greenpeace.
(b) NATIL.
(c) The local government in the area.
(d) The Society for the Preservation of Historical Artifacts.

9. What is swelling mold?
(a) A substance used to stop flooding.
(b) A way to keep artifacts cushioned from breaking.
(c) The way to keep food from spoiling.
(d) A way to preserve artifacts.

10. Who is Angus Fitzwilliams?
(a) David's best friend from law school.
(b) An English tourist who is trapped by flood waters.
(c) The operator of Cosgrove's.
(d) David's law partner.

11. What did Lily do with Chinese artifacts?
(a) Smuggled them out of China.
(b) Tried to establish a chain of possession.
(c) Catalog them for the Chinese government.
(d) Send them on to Stuart Miller.

12. What link did Brian possibly discover?
(a) Between Yu the Great and artifacts at the site.
(b) Between the mushroom and the artifacts.
(c) Between the All Patriotic Society and the mainstream government.
(d) Between Ma and Miller.

13. Why is Tang furious?
(a) He lost the bid.
(b) He thinks Miller overmuscled him.
(c) He thinks Fitzwilliams failed to acknowledge Tang's last bid.
(d) He thinks Fitzwilliams wanted the ruyi to go to the winner rather than Tang.

14. To what family does the old woman at the gate to the compound belong?
(a) Wong.
(b) Wang.
(c) Wi.
(d) Wu.

15. What does Miller say the new villages for the displaced people offer?
(a) Free community services.
(b) Higher education.
(c) Running water and electricity.
(d) Modern structures.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fitzwilliams admit to David after being pressed?

2. Why does Miller have a sexual relationship with Lily?

3. Why is David in a hurry to get to Bashan?

4. How does Lily use Wu?

5. Whom does David realize is Xiao Da?

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