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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 did Shen Fu and Yun's daughter deny she was feeling, even though it was apparent that she was?
(a) Bored.
(b) Smart.
(c) Cold.
(d) Tired.

2. The exploding bamboo make so much noise that the ___________ answered, according to Shen Fu.
(a) Mountains.
(b) Gods.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Clouds.

3. Yun was unable to go back to her mother to stay for a while since her mother ___________________.
(a) Was missing.
(b) Did not want her to come home.
(c) Was dead.
(d) Was too ill.

4. Shen Fu admits there are usually retributions for one's own _______,but he does not see this to be the case with himself.
(a) Truths.
(b) Families.
(c) Actions.
(d) Sins.

5. The sage once tells Shen Fu that they should not use _______ with too fine a mesh as this will not allow them to catch anything.
(a) Books.
(b) Nets.
(c) Mosquito netting.
(d) Hats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Shen Fu give to the man to whom he owned money whenever the man came to collect the debt?

2. The gravekeeper made a soup out of __________, which looked like pears when they were dug up from the ground.

3. What was so special about the place with the cave which Shen Fu would visit on the days when he didn't have classes?

4. What did Shen Fu's father notice was different about the letters Yun had been writing for Shen Fu's mother?

5. Shen Fu thinks about the countless ________ who since ancient days have been buried without being remembered.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the two mountains Shen Fu can see when he accepts the position from the magistrate at the age of 25?

2. What does Feng-sen know when he is sent away for an apprenticeship, though he is never told this?

3. What happens when Shen Fu and his friend Hung-kan decide to climb Han Mountain together?

4. What does Shen Fu seem to think about the presence of Hsi-erh in his life when Yun is away?

5. What did Yun do so that their children were going to be able to stay warm in the cold months?

6. What does Shen Fu think the manicured gardens of the neighborhood do for the gods?

7. Where do Shen Fu and Yun move to when Yun is cast out of Shen Fu's family house?

8. What would happen if Shen Fu and and the others didn't smuggle the girls back out of the apartment without anyone else seeing them?

9. What happened at Chungwen Academy when Shen Fu is a boy, according to his writings?

10. What is Yun referred to when the times in the Yun and Shen Fu household begin to be difficult?

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