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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Delights of Roaming Afar.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Shen Fu points out his father was helpful to marry off other people's daughters and to bring up their _________.
(a) Sons.
(b) Children.
(c) Brothers.
(d) Husbands.

2. Yun lets Shen Fu know that she is the ____________ on a loan for Shen Fu's younger brother and needs to pay the loan back.
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Proxy.
(c) Guarnator.
(d) Beneficiary.

3. The secretaries were not considered to be a part of the government and they were paid out of _____________, not the larger accounts.
(a) Personal funds.
(b) Collections.
(c) Dowries.
(d) Tax loans.

4. The Chinese administrative practice was that a person could not be a magistrate in __________________.
(a) Another district.
(b) The capital.
(c) Their home district.
(d) Another country.

5. What is not one of the categories of specialists into which the private secretaries might be divided, according to the book?
(a) Bookkeeping.
(b) Tax collection.
(c) Judicial.
(d) Registration of documents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Shen Fu pay money to in order to have him come with Shen Fu and Yun the next day to cook for them?

2. What did Madam Hua have the girls learn from Yun when they were at this location in the story?

3. What can Yun and Shen Fu not bring with them when they go to move into the house of Hua?

4. The Purple ________ Cave was only as big as a finger and nothing but water bubbled from it.

5. The training that Shen Fu receives when he was growing up was to prepare him for a position as a scholar-________________.

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