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

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

3. Where does the sailing vessel that Hong and Chen are traveling go?
(a) Beijing.
(b) Wuhan.
(c) Hunan.
(d) Changong.

4. On what topic is Chen's last essay?
(a) What makes a good leader.
(b) How to survive a journey through the country.
(c) What he has learned from his brother.
(d) What evil exists.

5. Where is Meng Dafu?
(a) Beijing.
(b) Suzhao.
(c) Shenzhen.
(d) Wuhan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Chen's rank on the next to the last examination?

2. Who is Meng Dafu?

3. How does Hong feel while Chen is making up his mind about a position?

4. Who is Ni Fenglin?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the boat stop and Chen looks for Meng Dafu? What do the brothers do after that?

2. How does Hong find information about the locusts and his village?

3. What happens when Hong visits a fortune teller?

4. Where is Hong taken by the pirates, who does he meet and what does that person tell him?

5. What is available to Chen for a position, what is he considering and how does Hong feel about Chen making up his mind?

6. How does Wang Chih get away from the army?

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

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

9. How does Chen finally decide upon a position?

10. Why do the brothers stop in Qufu and who do they meet there? What does he ask them to do?

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