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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In what province do Lao Chen and Lao Hong live?
(a) Sichuan.
(b) Shaanix.
(c) Jiangsu.
(d) Hunan.
2. What has Meng agreed to do?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Stay with Lao Chen's father when Lao Chen leaves the village.
(c) Take care of Lao Chen's grandmother.
(d) Stake a large prize in a cricket fighting contest.
3. What are the customs officers doing?
(a) Turning away any families with small children.
(b) Taking valuables from the new arrivals.
(c) Turning away any families with elderly people.
(d)
4. What do Hong and Lu think is unlikely?
(a) That Chen will return to his native village.
(b) That they will find a girl willing to come to a tiny village.
(c) That either boy will return.
(d) That Hong will pass the exams.
5. What does Landlord Ma offer in order to convince Chen to marry his daughter?
(a) Money.
(b) Land.
(c) Access to a huge library.
(d) Prestige.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Hong doing while Chen participates in the banquet ceremonies?
2. What does the Magistrate decide to do to find out if the boys are who they say?
3. Who is Ye Pan?
4. What right does Chen earn?
5. What do the boys find when they arrive at Chengdu?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Chen need in order to take the first examination and how did he get it?
2. How is the truth of the brothers decided?
3. What happens after Chen is shown to his testing cubicle?
4. How does Hong's match turn out?
5. What does Hong do while Chen is receiving his award?
6. What does Chen promise his father and what is the likelihood of him keeping that promise?
7. What has Hong heard about locust, what is his concern and how does Chen respond to that concern?
8. What talent does Chen have and at what age does this talent show?
9. How does Hong intend to help his brother Chen, and what are the names of his two crickets?
10. What town do the brothers reach after leaving Ma's home, what do they do and of what does Hong make certain?
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