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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Yuan-chun shocked by when she first sees the garden?
(a) A suggestive statue.
(b) Two enormous trees.
(c) The poor workmanship of the garden.
(d) The extravagance to which her family has gone.

2. What is the attitude of Jia Zheng's literary friends towards Bao-yu?
(a) They constantly praise him.
(b) They belittle him.
(c) They show they do not care for him.
(d) They are sympathetic towards him.

3. What does Bao-yu pick at Qin Zhong about while staying at the temple?
(a) His thinness and lack of muscles.
(b) His affection for his cousin.
(c) His affection for a servant girl.
(d) His poor grades in school.

4. What is Jia Rong offered immediately after there is concern about his status?
(a) A spot as a courtier of the Imperial Court.
(b) A marriage proposal.
(c) A job in a bakery.
(d) A spot in the Corps of Officers of the Imperial Guard.

5. Who gives Bao-yu a present of romantic, sexual love stories to read?
(a) Darling.
(b) Tealeaf.
(c) Precious.
(d) Qin-shi.

6. Who calls for Bao-yu to tell the boy he is to be moved in with the girls?
(a) Xi-feng.
(b) Jia Zheng.
(c) Grandmother Jia.
(d) Aroma.

7. What does Xi-feng's leadership bring to the Ning house?
(a) A slack and uncaring attitude among the servants.
(b) Disharmony and distrust.
(c) A tyrannical atmosphere of constant fear.
(d) Order and peace.

8. As Bao-yu, Xi-feng, and Qin Zhong talk during Chapter 14, what do they learn has happened?
(a) Dai-yu's mother has passed away.
(b) Bao-yu's father has passed away.
(c) Dai-yu's father has passed away.
(d) Qin-shi has passed away.

9. What does Jia-lian use as his bedroom while his daughter is ill?
(a) The living room.
(b) Outer study.
(c) The Mattresses' room.
(d) Aroma's room.

10. What is most important about The Temple of the Iron Threshold in relation to Qin-shi?
(a) She will be buried there.
(b) She once gave a speech there.
(c) Blessings will be offered for her soul there.
(d) It is her favorite place to visit.

11. Where does Xi-feng's carriage briefly stop during the funeral procession for Qin-shi?
(a) At a farmer's home.
(b) At the graveyard.
(c) In front of the Imperial Palace.
(d) At a relative's home.

12. Where does the funeral procession for Qin-shi finally arrive?
(a) The Jia house.
(b) The Imperial Palace.
(c) The Ning house.
(d) The Temple of the Iron Threshold.

13. Who visits Aroma's home with Bao-yu?
(a) Yu-chun.
(b) Patience.
(c) Tealeaf.
(d) Qin-shi.

14. What kind of party does Grandmother Jia decide to hold?
(a) A choir party.
(b) A riddle party.
(c) A poetry party.
(d) A poet naming party.

15. Who does the Prince of Bei-jing ask to meet?
(a) Xi-feng.
(b) Qin-shi.
(c) Jia Rong.
(d) Bao-yu.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who scolds Aroma for not getting up when she enters a room?

2. In Xi-feng's dream, why is Qin-shi concerned about the family falling on hard times?

3. What must families of concubines do so that they can meet together in private?

4. What does Aroma urge Bao-yu to stop eating?

5. Who dies at the end of Chapter 16?

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