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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 103-126.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How has Lao Chen's father lost his money?
(a) Drinking and gambling.
(b) His second wife's family.
(c) Bad crops several years in a row.
(d) He never had much money.

2. What practice has Daiyun undergone?
(a) Rites promising her to the temple as a servant.
(b) Feet binding.
(c) Hand sculpting.
(d) Nothing.

3. What are the customs officers doing?
(a) Taking valuables from the new arrivals.
(b)
(c) Turning away any families with elderly people.
(d) Turning away any families with small children.

4. Who does Hong say sent his regards to Ye Pan?
(a) Chen.
(b) Lao Lu.
(c) Wang Be.
(d) Fei Qun.

5. What has Chen done as a result of his mother's tutelage?
(a) Written a musical score for the emperor.
(b) Taught his cousin how to read and write.
(c) Passed the first government examination for a position.
(d) Created new strains of roses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Magistrate decide to do to find out if the boys are who they say?

2. In what century is "The Examination" set?

3. Why are the examinees searched?

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

5. To whom does Zhu Tong ask Hong to deliver a letter?

(see the answer key)

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