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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of stories do the sedan chair drivers tell Chueh-hui?
(a) Stories about religion.
(b) Stories about heroes.
(c) Stories about injustice.
(d) Stories about morals.

2. In Chapter 16, what does Cheuh-hui do that makes Ming-feng feel safe?
(a) He sings her a song.
(b) He writes her a love poem.
(c) He holds her hand.
(d) He stands outside her room.

3. How has Chueh-hui been feeling during the New Years holiday?
(a) Peaceful.
(b) Celebratory.
(c) Bored.
(d) Lonely.

4. Who is Mei?
(a) Chueh-hsin's cousin.
(b) Chueh-min's girlfriend.
(c) The boy's aunt.
(d) The woman Chueh-hsin is arranged to marry.

5. Who puts on the dragon show for the family?
(a) Chin.
(b) Cheuh-min.
(c) Uncle Ke-ting.
(d) Mei.

6. Which word does not adequately describe Chueh-hsin?
(a) Obedient.
(b) Handsome.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Liberal.

7. What was it that kept Chueh-hsin and Mei from marrying?
(a) Money.
(b) Status.
(c) A lack of tradition in Mei's family.
(d) A fight between their mothers.

8. At the beginning of the book, why does Cheuh-hui stay to talk to the servant girl?
(a) He wants her to tell his parents he is ill.
(b) He wants her to do his homework.
(c) He needs her to go get something for him.
(d) He thinks that she is beautiful.

9. What is Cousin Mei's disposition when the two younger brother see her at Chin's house?
(a) She is ill.
(b) She is melancholy.
(c) She is calm.
(d) She is happy.

10. Why does Chin think she will not be able to go to the boys' school?
(a) Because she is not smart enough.
(b) Because her family will never let her.
(c) Because she does not have enough money.
(d) Because she is a girl, and girls are not allowed at the school.

11. What subject does Chueh-hsin expect to go study at university?
(a) Business.
(b) Math.
(c) English.
(d) Science.

12. Who ruined the student play in Chapter 7?
(a) Beggers trying to get money.
(b) Chueh-hui.
(c) Rowdy children from another school.
(d) Soldiers.

13. Why has Mei returned to Chengtu?
(a) Her mother is ill.
(b) Her husband got a new job.
(c) Her husband has died.
(d) She missed home.

14. Who helps with making the fireworks?
(a) Master Kao.
(b) The sedan drivers.
(c) Ming-feng and the other servants.
(d) Yeh yeh.

15. What is Wan-erh afraid of?
(a) Becoming a begger on the streets.
(b) That she will end up like Ming-Feng.
(c) Becoming a concubine.
(d) That Madame Chou does not like her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much younger than Chueh-min is Chueh-hui?

2. How does Cheuh-hui feel about the boys shooting fireworks at the dancers?

3. Which of the brothers seems most involved in the ideas of the revolution?

4. When does Chin mention her attending the boys' school to her mother?

5. How does most of the Kao family treat servants and those of a lower class?

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