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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 does Yuan-chun remind the family of as she departs from the garden?
(a) Her desire for them to be happy.
(b) How impressed she is with garden.
(c) All the opportunities they will have to visit each other.
(d) Her disappointment at being made a concubine.

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

3. To whose house does Bao-yu wander to to study to look at a painting that he likes?
(a) His cousin Ming.
(b) His friend Qin-shi.
(c) His uncle Feng-shu.
(d) His cousin Zhen.

4. Who is Yuan-chun overjoyed to see when she comes to see the garden?
(a) Bao-yu.
(b) Dai-yu.
(c) Jia Zheng.
(d) Jia Rong.

5. What is purchased for Yuan-chun's first visit to her garden?
(a) Twenty-four child actresses and twelve nuns.
(b) A writer to make an address to mark the occasion.
(c) A priest to bless the garden.
(d) Twelve child actresses and twenty-four nuns.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads Yuan-chun's arrival at her garden?

2. What are Aroma's overall plans for Bao-yu?

3. When Dai-yu hears one of Bao-yu's romantic stories, she becomes _____.

4. Why does Bao-yu seek Dai-yu's company in Chapter 19?

5. What arrangements does Xi-feng talk to her husband about in relation to get-togethers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed about Xi-feng's character in the episode involving a servant woman bringing money to her?

2. Discuss Yuan-chun's reaction upon her first visit home.

3. Why do the children move into the Prospect Garden?

4. Analyze Bao-yu's interactions with his father Jia Zheng during the naming party.

5. How does Bao-yu show increasing maturity in his response to the quarrels among his female companions?

6. Hypothesize as to why Bao-yu's reaction to Qin-shi's death so violent.

7. What does the way the Jia family undertake preparations for Yuan-chun's visit show about their character when it comes to money?

8. For what reason(s) might Bao-yu have become discontented living in the Prospect Garden?

9. What facets of the relationships between masters/mistresses and servants are shown in the conflict between Jia Lian, Xi-feng, and Patience?

10. What does Bao-yu add to the book he is reading, and how does Dai-yu respond?

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