2. What exam determines the final rankings?
(a) The math exam.
(b) The oral exams.
(c) A question and answer session with the top scholars.
(d) The palace exam.

3. What is Hong expected to do if he is caught on a mission for the White Lotus?
(a) Tell them misleading information.
(b) Kill himself.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Kill the arresting officers.

4. What does the municipal examination do?
(a) Gives them a way to practice.
(b) Weeds out all but a few hundred of the best.
(c) Lets them know if one is a good citizen.
(d) Lets them know if one understands the government.

5. What does Hong do with the letters from Ye Pan and the one from Meng Dafu?
(a) Burns them.
(b) Drops them overboard.
(c) Eats them.
(d) Hides them under his hat.

6. What do Hong and Chen give two woman sitting near a farmhouse?
(a) Advise.
(b) Rice.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A bag of beans.

7. Where does Chen rank for the last exam?
(a) Third.
(b) At the very top.
(c) Second.
(d) Fifth.

8. What does the White Lotus plan to do concerning Ni Fenglin?
(a) Expose him.
(b) Blackmail him.
(c) Get him arrested.
(d) Assassinate him.

9. How many parts does the exam in Beijing have?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

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

11. Who is Ni Fenglin?
(a) The palace chatelaine.
(b) The head of the Imperial guards.
(c) A corrupt official.
(d) The head examiner.

12. What is Hong told by the spirity of his mother?
(a) He should make certain Chen gets to Beijing.
(b) He should return to General Ma.
(c) He should let Chen make his own destiny.
(d) He should return home immediately.

13. Where do Hong and Chen go after stopping in Wuhan?
(a) They return home.
(b) They return to Chongqing.
(c) They stay in Wuhan for more exams.
(d) Juijiang.

14. What is the name of Chen's position in the last exam?
(a) Ni-Gai.
(b) Yu-Bao.
(c) Hulan-Shi.
(d) Hui-Yuan.

15. Where are Hong and Chen housed in Beijing?
(a) In a tent in a field outside of the city.
(b) A village with other scholars.
(c) An old widow's home.
(d) A small inn near the edge of the city.