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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What feeling is Bao-yu filled with in his dream?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Lust.
(c) Envy.
(d) Greed.

2. What was the subject of dispute Yu-cun was set to rule over?
(a) A robbery.
(b) A slave girl.
(c) A police killing.
(d) A monk breaking celibacy.

3. Who does Bao-yu take an opportunity to go and visit at the start of Chapter 8?
(a) Bao-chai.
(b) Precious.
(c) Qin Zhong.
(d) Dai-yu.

4. What does Bao-yu do when the answer from Dai-yu is "no"?
(a) He throws a fit.
(b) He begins to cry quietly.
(c) He takes her immediately to the pond.
(d) He laughs loudly.

5. Who does Zhen Shi-yin live with?
(a) His wife and daughter.
(b) His brother and mother.
(c) His son and wife.
(d) His daughter and her husband.

6. What does the Taoist in the first chapter change his name to?
(a) Brother in Light.
(b) Writer of Love.
(c) Warrior of the Sun.
(d) Brother Amor.

7. Who makes a loud entrance at the Jia residence?
(a) Dai-yu.
(b) Bao-chai.
(c) Wang Xi-feng.
(d) Bao-yu.

8. What is the name of the summit at which the goddess leaves the extra stone?
(a) Greensickness Peak.
(b) Valley of Misfortune.
(c) Fortune Cliff.
(d) Lovely Mountain.

9. Who do the Jia family throw a birthday party for?
(a) Jia Jing.
(b) Jia Rui.
(c) Qin-shi.
(d) Jia Qiang.

10. What does Yu-cun do to the usher as a result of feeling uncomfortable around him?
(a) Kills the usher's father.
(b) Calls in a complaint to the police anonymously.
(c) Has the usher arrested.
(d) Flees the city.

11. What is the name of the goddess in the opening chapter?
(a) Bo-chai.
(b) Nu-wa.
(c) Dai-yu.
(d) Ne-chai.

12. Although the songs tell the story of his family's life, Bao-yu is bored and does not understand what?
(a) That he must wake up.
(b) The lyrics.
(c) Who is singing the song.
(d) Why he is there.

13. Who starts school at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Bao-chai and Bao-yu.
(b) Dai-yu and Bao-yu.
(c) Qin Zhong and Dai-yu.
(d) Bao-yu and Qin Zhong.

14. What does the main story line follow?
(a) The growing up years of friends Bao-yu, Precious, and Jokey Jin.
(b) The growing up years of cousins Bao-yu, Dai-yu, and Bao-chai.
(c) The growing up years of sisters Qan-yen, Qin-shi, and Dai-yu.
(d) The growing up years of brothers Bao-yu, Xi-feng, and Qin-Zhong.

15. Who warns Yu-cun not to arrest Xue?
(a) A monk.
(b) Lady Wang.
(c) Feng Yuan.
(d) The usher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who refuses to attend the birthday party?

2. According to the inscription on the stone, what has the stone once been?

3. What does Aroma realize about Bao-yu as she helps him redress after his nap?

4. Who are Darling and Precious?

5. Who forms deeps friendship with Darling and Precious?

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