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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. Who is Yu the Great?
(a) A magistrate who has the Chairman's ear.
(b) The ruler of China at the time of the book.
(c) A figure of legend.
(d) The ruler of Szechun at the time of the book.

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

3. Who does Hulan go to see regarding her new assignment?
(a) We Lu.
(b) Fong.
(c) Tsong.
(d) Wi Fang.

4. What will Stuart do if he comes across stolen items with forged papers?
(a) Buy them.
(b) Refuse to have anything to do with them.
(c) Turn them over to the Chinese authorities.
(d) Buy them and donate them to a Chinese museum.

5. What is the Chu Ching?
(a) China's historical text.
(b) A map dating from the Han dynasty.
(c) An artifact dating from the Ming dynasty.
(d) A map of some underground excavations.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hulan accidentally kill Tang Wenting?

2. With whom does Hulan make a deal five years earlier?

3. About what does Hulan instruct the local officials?

4. How does Hulan surprise David in their guest house?

5. Whom does Hulan interview first?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is David, Hulan's husband, doing while she is at the square? What does he do when he sees her on television?

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

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

5. What does Catherine explain to David and Liu about Yu and what symbols does the group at lunch discuss?

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

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

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

9. What does Brian's sister tell them about him, what does Lily say when she joins them in conversation?

10. What happens on the river in the prologue?

(see the answer keys)

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