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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has Mama Huang been with the Kao family?
(a) Twelve years.
(b) Fourteen years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Twenty years.

2. What holiday takes place in Chapter 11?
(a) Qing Ming.
(b) Spring Festival.
(c) The Seveth Eve.
(d) New Year's Day.

3. What fear does Ming-Feng have?
(a) That she will die young.
(b) She will not have servants of her own someday.
(c) That she will not have children.
(d) She will never have a home of her own.

4. Why is Chueh-hui frustrated with his brothers?
(a) They are not concerned with his concerns.
(b) They do not approve of his love for Ming-Feng.
(c) They agree that he should not be so liberal.
(d) They are living contradictory lives.

5. What instrument is Chueh-hsin playing his sad song on?
(a) A lute.
(b) A lyre.
(c) A guitar.
(d) A flute.

6. What is Wan-erh afraid of?
(a) Becoming a concubine.
(b) That she will end up like Ming-Feng.
(c) That Madame Chou does not like her.
(d) Becoming a begger on the streets.

7. Who seems to become nervous and quiet around Chin?
(a) Chueh-hui.
(b) Cheuh-min.
(c) Cheuh-hsin.
(d) Chien-yun.

8. According to Chapter 15, when was the last time the boys saw their cousin Mei?
(a) At the New Years holiday festivities.
(b) Before she was married.
(c) When she had her first child.
(d) At her wedding.

9. What subject does Chueh-hsin expect to go study at university?
(a) Business.
(b) Science.
(c) Math.
(d) English.

10. Why does Ming-Feng get in trouble with the women?
(a) Because she has been detained by Chueh-hui.
(b) Because she is daydreaming instead of listening to them.
(c) Because she has spilt tea on an honored guest.
(d) Because she is not smiling as she should.

11. Where are the brothers walking home from at the opening of the book?
(a) From school.
(b) From a friend's house.
(c) From the temple.
(d) From the market place.

12. How old is Ming-Feng?
(a) Nineteen years old.
(b) Seventeen years old.
(c) Fourteen years old.
(d) Sixteen years old.

13. Besides the boys' cousin, what other relatives are at dinner during the first three chapters of the story?
(a) Two aunts.
(b) The boys grandparents.
(c) Two uncles.
(d) Their great-grandfather.

14. How are family members seated at the New Year's Eve feast?
(a) By gender.
(b) By height.
(c) By family relation.
(d) By rank.

15. Chueh-hui wonders if who can marry Ming-Feng?
(a) Cheuh-hsin.
(b) Chueh-min.
(c) Ke-ting.
(d) Himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what point in the first three chapters does the reader find out the brothers are from the gentry?

2. What word does not describe the Cheuh family?

3. Who puts on the dragon show for the family?

4. What is Cheuh-hsin's grandfather's name?

5. What type of stories do the sedan chair drivers tell Chueh-hui?

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