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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 286-296.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hong explain his choice to General Ma?
(a) That Hong owes his father to return to the village.
(b) That Hong wishes to see Beijing before anything else.
(c) That Hong wishes to become a sailor.
(d) That Hong has to help Chen get to Beijing.

2. Who is Yao?
(a) The cabin boy on the sailing vessel.
(b) A boy Hong shares confinement with at the pirate camp.
(c) Another scholar Hong and Chen encounter.
(d) A soldier in the Emperor's army.

3. Who is Ye Pan?
(a) The man who is sharing Hong and Chen's quarters.
(b) The man to whom Hong must deliver a letter.
(c) A puppeteer Hong meets.
(d) The official overseeing the exams.

4. What do Hong and Chen travel on towards Beijing?
(a) The Yangtze River.
(b) The Grand Canal.
(c) The Great Wall.
(d) A dusty road.

5. What does Yeo do?
(a) Studies the sayings of Confucius.
(b) Is in the cavalry.
(c) Cooks onboard the sailing vessel.
(d) Carries mesages for the pirates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Hong and Chen do in Chongqing?

2. What is the palace examination?

3. What is the name of Chen's position in the last exam?

4. What does Hong worry about as he and Chen are walking?

5. What right does Chen earn?

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