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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the girl that is described as being gunned down while waving a flag in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 19.
(d) 13.

2. What is the furniture made of that Wang examines at Ye Wenjie's home in Chapter 8, "Ye Wenjie"?
(a) Silver and jade.
(b) Brass and gold.
(c) Stone and metal wiring.
(d) Tree branches and stumps.

3. What field studies celestial objects at radio frequencies?
(a) Nanotechnology.
(b) Radio astronomy.
(c) Astrophysics.
(d) Relativity astronomy.

4. What was the profession of Fu Lei?
(a) Actor.
(b) Translator and critic.
(c) Painter.
(d) Writer.

5. Who is the Political Commissar introduced to Ye Wenjie in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?
(a) Yan Weining.
(b) Bai Mulin.
(c) Lei Zhicheng.
(d) Cheng Lihua.

6. Who is described as Ye Wenjie's astrophysics professor at her alma mater in Chapter 14, "Red Coast IV"?
(a) Lei Dafeng.
(b) Yan Weining.
(c) Cheng Lihua.
(d) Cheng Lihua.

7. Who is Ye Wenjie's daughter that Wang comes to see her about in Chapter 8, "Ye Wenjie"?
(a) Yang Dong.
(b) Ruan Wen.
(c) Wenxue.
(d) Shao Lin.

8. Where is the Saint Joseph's Church that Wang Miao goes to in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"?
(a) Shenzhen.
(b) Dongguan.
(c) Urumqi.
(d) Wangfujing.

9. What civilization is said to be lost when the scorching sun arrives in the game in Chapter 11, "Three Body: Mozi and Fiery Flames"?
(a) Civilization 141.
(b) Civilization 242.
(c) Civilization 99.
(d) Civilization 311.

10. Where does Ye Wenjie awaken in the beginning of Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?
(a) Inside the Red Coast Base.
(b) At her father's house.
(c) On a helicopter.
(d) At the school.

11. Where is the space observation center that is run by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Peking University's Joint Center for Astrophysics?
(a) Urumqi.
(b) Dongguan.
(c) Wangfujing.
(d) Beijing.

12. Who is the base chief engineer who introduces himself to Ye Wenjie in the beginning of Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?
(a) Lei Zhicheng.
(b) Yan Weining.
(c) Bai Mulin.
(d) Cheng Lihua.

13. Where is the United States National Radio Quiet Zone located that the narrator describes in Chapter 13, "Red Coast III"?
(a) Hollywood.
(b) West Virginia.
(c) New York City.
(d) Boston.

14. Who launched the Planck satellite, according to the narrator in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"?
(a) The Russian Space Agency.
(b) The European Space Agency.
(c) The Chinese Space Agency.
(d) The United States Space Agency.

15. Ye Wenjie discovers in college that it is useless to excel at theory without what in astrophysics?
(a) Experimental practice.
(b) Existential understanding.
(c) Historical understanding.
(d) An understanding of ratios.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ye Zhetai's wife in the narrative?

2. What are the May Seventh Cadre Schools described as in the Translator's Note in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?

3. What was the codename for China's first test of a three-staged thermonuclear device?

4. How much time has passed since Ye Zhetai's death in the beginning of Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?

5. Who holds Ye Wenjie back when she tries to save her father in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?

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