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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the doctor believe about his patient's prognosis at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) If she lives to see the solar eclipse, she will recover.
(b) If she lives past the spring equinox, she will have a full recovery.
(c) She must wait for the lunar eclipse to see any improvement of symptoms.
(d) If she does not recover by the lunar eclipse time, she will die.

2. Why does Dai-yu get upset in Chapter 8?
(a) Because Bao-yu has chosen the same time to visit Bao-chai.
(b) Because Bao-yu gets drunk.
(c) Because Xi-feng scolds her.
(d) Because she is brought the flowers last and forced to take leftovers.

3. What actual name does Bao-yu cry out in his sleep?
(a) Bao-chai.
(b) Shi-Li.
(c) Qin-shi.
(d) Dai-yu.

4. When Bao-yu visits the Department of the Ill-Fated Fair, what is he allowed to look at?
(a) Three registers of the most beautiful girls in Jinling.
(b) Three registers of the youngest women in Jinling.
(c) A meeting of all the beautiful women of Jinling.
(d) The naked body of the most beautiful woman in Jinling.

5. Who does Dai-yu learn she will be living with even though it is not customary for girls to live with boys?
(a) Shi-fen.
(b) Chen-li.
(c) Bao-yu.
(d) Fen-cun.

6. What is the reason given against Yu-cun arresting Xue?
(a) Xue will put a curse on him.
(b) Yu-cun does not understand the circumstances.
(c) Xue is cursed.
(d) Xue is from a rich family.

7. What is Bao-yu's first question to Dai-yu?
(a) If she is married.
(b) If she has seen the stone in the pond.
(c) If she fancies him.
(d) Whether she has a green jade like him.

8. How does Jia Rui eventually die?
(a) He suffers heart failure.
(b) He is stabbed by Xi-feng in a dream and never wakes up.
(c) He falls out of a second floor window.
(d) He looks into the wrong side of the Taoist's mirror.

9. What is Grandmother Jia and family invited to?
(a) A star-gazing party.
(b) A flower viewing party.
(c) A wedding banquet.
(d) A tea ceremony party.

10. What is the real reason for Jia Rui becoming ill?
(a) He eats food that has gone bad.
(b) He falls into a stagnant pond.
(c) He is lovesick.
(d) He is doused with contents of a slop pail.

11. Who settles the boy in Qin Shi's room?
(a) Teng-zhi.
(b) Bao-chai.
(c) Qin Shi.
(d) Dai-yu.

12. What item of Bao-yu's does Bao-chai want a closer look at when he visits her?
(a) His schoolbooks.
(b) His shirt.
(c) His gold ring.
(d) His magical jade.

13. How long did Feng Yuan wait to marry the girl in which he was interested?
(a) Five weeks.
(b) One year.
(c) Three days.
(d) Ten years.

14. What do Bao-chai and Zhou Rai's wife talk about at the start of Chapter 7?
(a) The difficult prescription a monk prescribed for Bao-chai's illness.
(b) Zhou Rai's wife's problems with her husband.
(c) The simple prescription a monk prescribed for Bao-chai's illness.
(d) Their problems with their children.

15. Who suggests a complex plan of action to bring a satisfactory end to the whole affair over which Yu-cun is presiding?
(a) A Taoist.
(b) The usher.
(c) A monk.
(d) The slave girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Dai-yu to reside?

2. What does Grannie finally admit to Zhou under pressure?

3. Who has a brief discussion with Lady Wang about Bao-yu's odd behavior?

4. What do Qin Zhong and Darling do while the headmaster is out?

5. What is the goddess in the opening chapter in the middle of doing?

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