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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, the Observers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are people forced to do even if they are naked during an earthquake?
(a) Hide.
(b) Stay outside.
(c) Stay inside.
(d) Run.

2. Who does the young boy see leading government officials in the first magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?
(a) Artist and cook.
(b) Lawyer and son.
(c) Writer and daughter.
(d) Magician and son.

3. How does a woman make medical prescriptions in one of the stories told by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?
(a) With magical spirits.
(b) With a fox spirit.
(c) With drugs.
(d) With a magistrate.

4. What apparition do the people in T'ang-ch'eng believe in?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) Vampires.
(c) Heretics.
(d) Soothsayers.

5. When does an earthquake occur in the capital of the Northeast county in China?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1968.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668, what event does a young boy attend?

2. To what spirit is a shrine made in T'ang-ch'eng to protect from evil spirits in the 17th century?

3. What storage facilities are abandoned during the time of the famine?

4. What do the officials want to receive in the first magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?

5. Who does Liu meet with the police who is threatened by starvation?

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