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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 was one reason Ling broke up with Chen?
(a) She wanted to move to Australia for a year.
(b) She met someone else.
(c) She wanted to move to America for a year.
(d) She didn't think he would make a good husband.

2. What does Chen's new assignment in Chapter 37 appear on the surface to be?
(a) A demotion.
(b) An odd assignment for him.
(c) A promotion.
(d) A distraction.

3. Where does Chen go to look for Xie?
(a) Guangzhou.
(b) Shanghai.
(c) Beijing.
(d) Guilin.

4. At the end of the book, Chen finally realizes that all he can rely on in his work is his own _______ and conscientiousness.
(a) Intuition.
(b) Honor.
(c) Forethought.
(d) Skill.

5. Why does Yu have a hard time relaying to Chen the new information about the case he receives?
(a) They are in different countries.
(b) Chen refuses to listen to him.
(c) They can't appear to be working on the case.
(d) Yu is too afraid of getting caught and fired.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Li refer to Chen's investigation methods?

2. Who does Chen find out was arrested in Chapter 33?

3. Chen is also given a tape in Chapter 32; what is on that tape?

4. What sort of image does the second woman Yu interviews paint of Wu?

5. What is concerning to Secretary Li and Internal Security about the case?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Chen returns to Guan's dormitory again in Chapter 36, what does he finally find, and why does it mean?

2. Who is Guo Qiang, and what is his role in the story?

3. Who is Ouyang?

4. When Chen visits his mother in Chapter 27, what is she worried about?

5. What information does Peiqin pass on to Chen from Yu at the Karaoke party?

6. What motive for Guan's murder does Chen begin to consider in Chapter 33?

7. How do Yu and Chen continue covertly sharing information about the case, so it does not appear that they are still working on it?

8. What does Chen learn about Xei in Chapter 33?

9. What does Chen do while unable to sleep in Chapter 29?

10. In Chapter 28, what does Secretary Li inform Chen of, regarding the case?

(see the answer keys)

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