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

2. Why do the two men leave Hong?
(a) They can find no note.
(b) They are convinced he is just a monk.
(c) He has no money.
(d) They see someone who looks more suspicious.

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

4. Why is Chen treated differently than the other passengers?
(a) He is not treated any differently.
(b) His scholar robes.
(c) He is quite ill.
(d) He is very affable.

5. How does Hong feel while Chen is making up his mind about a position?
(a) Angry.
(b) Happy.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Impatient.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chen feel about his ranking?

2. Who does Hong visit while Chen is doing his last exam?

3. Who searches the passengers of the boat?

4. About what are Hong and Chen warned?

5. Who is Ni Fenglin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens with Hong after he receives the message from Tang?

2. What is the examination in Beijing going to be?

3. What does Hong tell the pirates about the letters he carries?

4. How far do the brothers take the Grand Canal, and what are they told at the end of it? What do they decide to do about the information?

5. What happens when Hong visits a fortune teller?

6. How is Chen feeling when he starts his examination in Beijing and how does he feel at the end of it?

7. What does Chen do that ends his friendship with Yuying and what does she do about it?

8. What happens as Hong is with the army about Wang Chih and the outpost where he was held?

9. How did Chen do on the examination, what is he called and who gives him his diploma?

10. Where does Hong go when he escapes the pirates and who helps him?

(see the answer keys)

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