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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to exams with poor handwriting?
(a) They are thrown out.
(b) They are given back to the recipent to re-write.
(c) They are considered the same as any other exam.
(d) They are automatically marked on level lower.

2. What does the Magistrate decide to do to find out if the boys are who they say?
(a) Torture Chen.
(b) Search their belongings.
(c) Quiz Chen.
(d) Torture Hong.

3. What is the group that is committed to avenging social injustice?
(a) The White Lotus.
(b) The Lapi.
(c) The Ninjas.
(d) The Purple Rose.

4. What is the third son sometimes called?
(a) Third Son.
(b) Just by his given name.
(c) Three Brother.
(d) Brother Third.

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

6. Why is Daiyun upset with Chen?
(a) For leaving the village.
(b) For not asking her to accompany him.
(c) For not asking her to marry him.
(d) For going off with Hong and not promising her a present.

7. Why does the Magistrate let the boys go with no punishment?
(a) He does not let them go.
(b) He receives a letter from the village mayor.
(c) He is convinced Chen is a scholar.
(d) He feels sorry for them since their father is a drunk.

8. What is Hong doing while Chen participates in the banquet ceremonies?
(a) He is on his way home to take the good news to their village.
(b) He is at a young woman's house whom he wishes to marry.
(c) He is in the audience watching proudly.
(d) He is inducted into the White Lotus.

9. What does Hong learn about Ye Pan?
(a) He is a barber.
(b) He lives very near their own village.
(c) He makes his own puppets.
(d) He passed the exams at the top of his class.

10. How is Chen traveling?
(a) On foot.
(b) On his family's mule.
(c) A cart.
(d) On his family's horse.

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

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

13. 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) The official overseeing the exams.
(d) A puppeteer Hong meets.

14. Who is Wujiang?
(a) Lao Hong's best friend.
(b) Lao Chen's cousin.
(c) An affluent boy who Lao Hong knows.
(d) The village teacher.

15. What does Hong agree to do?
(a) Meet with the girl Bao has picked for him.
(b) Try to a position as a government employee.
(c) Stop working in the rice paddies.
(d) Give their father a small amount from his winnings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shen Ding's note to Chen say?

2. What nickname has Lao Chen earned?

3. What right does Chen earn?

4. What is Shen Ding's reply?

5. Who is the White Lotus?

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