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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 21-41.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does the story flashback?
(a) To Bao's marriage.
(b) To the story of how Chen is invited to take the exam.
(c) To Lu's marriage.
(d) To Lu's wife dying.

2. What did Lao Chen learn by age four?
(a) More Chinese characters than most adults ever learn.
(b) To play the guzheng.
(c) To play the ruan.
(d) To write perfect haiku.

3. What does Chen apply to do in Tianquan?
(a) Go to a school there.
(b) Study with a calligrapher.
(c) Apply to take the district exams.
(d) Work with a potter.

4. Why did Chen go to from where he is returning?
(a) He works half a day to earn money to take exams.
(b) He went there to register.
(c) He is learning to swim.
(d) A scholar in a nearby town summons him.

5. Where are the highest government exams taken?
(a) The imperial palace in Beijing.
(b) In one's own hometown.
(c) In each province Capitol.
(d) In the largest city of a designated area.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Wujiang?

2. About what is Chen thinking as he returns to his home?

3. Who does Bao ask to change Hong's mind?

4. What is the relation between Lao Hong and Lao Chen?

5. From where is Chen returning?

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