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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. The Chinese administrative practice was that a person could not be a magistrate in __________________.
(a) Another district.
(b) Another country.
(c) The capital.
(d) Their home district.

2. What does Yun do when Shen Fu is off studying with a friend of his father's, according to the book?
(a) Takes on a lover.
(b) Decides to get married.
(c) Writes him letters.
(d) Takes a seamstress job.

3. What was the giant that Shen Fu saw when he was concentrating all of his attention on two insects battling in the grass?
(a) Toad.
(b) His father.
(c) A man.
(d) A stone.

4. The Lighting of the ___________ is something that Yun wants to attend so badly that she convinces her husband to let her go, dressed as a man.
(a) Fire.
(b) Truth.
(c) Dragons.
(d) Flowers.

5. What is not generally a part of Chinese literature, though this book tends to reveal more of these details than most books do?
(a) Everyday life.
(b) Books.
(c) Family life.
(d) Education.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shen Fu tells the reader to prune away an excess leaves on a flower in order to make it look spare and ______________.

2. What is the name of a person the Chinese culture who was a lover, but her sexual favors were not necessarily for sale?

3. The ___________ were one of the members of the yamen staff who were able to actually support themselves on their salaries.

4. What does Yun say that she will bring with them when they decided to go for an adventure?

5. When trees and flowers are planted for the first time, it doesn't matter if they are planted ______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. While it's not clear whether all of the transcripts will be found, what does the introduction say about the translation and what it is meant to do?

2. Why does the book become a national favorite for those who read it as the times of the day in China were much different?

3. What does Yun do when she is separated from Shen Fu while he is off training in order to be a government official?

4. How would the Pavilion of the Waves' Lotus Lovers' Hall be described, according to the book?

5. What happens in the incident with the earthworm and Shen Fu when he is a child?

6. What happens with the family as a result of the incident which Shen Fu has to deal when when he is a child?

7. What happened to destroy the work that Shen Fu and Yun did on their yard?

8. What is the therapy that Shen Fu receives for his most unfortunate injury, according to the book?

9. Why does the teacher send Shen Fu home in order to write his compositions for school, according to the book?

10. What does Shen Fu's education prepare him to be, which is a disappointment to his family as the reader learns in the story?

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