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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was Wu Song gone on his journey?

2. What does Stumpy Tiger want?

3. What is Song Jiang's job in the Jiangzhou prison?

4. What happens to Lin Chong at the end of ChapterTen?

5. Under what pretense does Wu Song lure the neighbors into his brother's home to witness Golden Lotus' confession?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the old man tell the infant Ren Zong that makes him stop crying?

2. What does Wang the Third suggest to Chao Gai as a money-making opportunity?

3. Why does Song Jiang believe that the Liangshan Marsh bandits will accept them into their group?

4. How does Chao Gai's group trick Yang Zhi's men into letting them steal the gifts?

5. What does Wu Song's principal "Don't pass one without having three" mean?

6. Why is Song Jiang arrested at the lantern festival?

7. What does the prefect decide was the cause of the death of the friar and the monk?

8. Why does Song Jiang not want to be part of a group of bandits?

9. When Liangshan Marsh was first started as a stronghold, what was its purpose?

10. Why does Song Jiang kill Poxi?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the roots of the conflict between the bandits and the Chinese government. Can you pinpoint any one cause of the conflict? How does immorality and perverseness figure into the reasons why the conflict continues to escalate until all of the bandits are either dead or no longer interested in serving in government?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the role of Inspector Ho in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

In the conclusion of the novel, who were the ultimate winners? Although the bandits were able to save their country from a formidable foe (the Liaos) they never got the military or governmental honors and prestige they wanted. Write an essay in which you attempt to determine who were the winners of this conflict. Explain your answer.

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