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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. Where does Wu drown?
(a) A local whirlpool.
(b) The Three Gorges Dam.
(c) The company swimming pool.
(d) The Yangtze River.

2. What does David decide to do?
(a) Disassociate himself with Hulan.
(b) Fly to the States to tell Lily's parents of her death.
(c) Fly to Hong Kong to stop the auction.
(d) Return to Beijing and his practice.

3. From what did Chaowen die?
(a) Typhoid fever.
(b) Meningitis.
(c) Polio.
(d) Car accident.

4. Who is Dr. Michael Quon?
(a) David's brother-in-law.
(b) Amulti-talented expert in many fields.
(c) The leader of the group selling illegal artifacts.
(d) A man who is duped into buying illegal artifacts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the conversation shift when Hulan indicates she is investigating a murder?

2. What is one important missing artifact that Ma discusses?

3. For whom does Hulan send?

4. Upon what river is a dead man floating?

5. Who is Stuart Miller?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Hulan think Lily's death is related to Hulan?

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

4. What was Hulan expected to do as her part of the bargain in question #3?

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

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

7. Who is Hulan required to visit in Chapter 2, and what does he tell her to do?

8. What does Hulan do after receiving her first assignment in Chapter 1?

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

10. What happens on the river in the prologue?

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