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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which modern ruler(s) of China possessed symbols of power?
(a) Just Xiao Da.
(b) Mao and Xiao Da.
(c) Just Mao.
(d) None.

3. Who is Tang Wenting?
(a) A Red Square guard.
(b) A lieutenant in the All Patriotic Society.
(c) Hulan's sister.
(d) The new Tienanmen Square worker supervisor.

4. Whom was Hulan allowed to marry?
(a) John Stein.
(b) David Stark.
(c) Barry Wiu.
(d) Lao Su.

5. Upon what do Hulan and David agree as they are talking at breakfast?
(a) They should try to live together again.
(b) Lily probably murdered McCarthy.
(c) They should try to have another child.
(d) Ma is hiding something.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Qutang Gorge?

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

3. Who is Liu Hulan?

4. Where does David go while Hulan is interviewing the foreigners?

5. Who is Brian's supervisor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hulan do when the local security forces arrive at Lily's bedroom?

2. What does Ma tell Liu about the missing relics in Chapter 6?

3. What happens when Hulan tries to stop a woman from hurting her daughter in the square?

4. What does Michael say when Hulan interviews him?

5. Where do David, Hulan, and Ma go in Chapter 6? What do they see there?

6. Who meets the couple at Bashan, and what does he tell them as he takes them to their lodgings?

7. Who do Liu and David meet at lunch the first day in Bashan?

8. What was Hulan given permission to do in her deal with high powered Chinese officials five years prior to the opening of the novel?

9. What are David and Hulan told at their meeting with Zai?

10. What is Liu Hulan doing at the opening of Chapter 1?

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