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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The people in the village mistakenly thought the two boys were looking for a ____________ when they said they were looking for land.
(a) Grave site.
(b) Wife.
(c) New school.
(d) New teacher.

2. What did Shen Fu's father notice was different about the letters Yun had been writing for Shen Fu's mother?
(a) The handwriting.
(b) The color.
(c) The tone.
(d) The content.

3. What happened when Shen Fu went to see his father when his father became ill?
(a) Yun left him.
(b) His father died.
(c) Shen Fu became ill too.
(d) His mother died.

4. Who was about to visit many of the places which Shen Fu has the opportunity to visit in this section of the book?
(a) Emperor.
(b) Yun.
(c) Shen Fu's father.
(d) Shen Fu's mother.

5. Who thinks the illness is the result of the young girl that Yun had found for Shen Fu's father?
(a) Shen Fu.
(b) Shen Fu's mother.
(c) Shen Fu's father.
(d) No one.

6. The madam of the first boat the Shen Fu and the others call to is called the Lady with the ____________ Hair.
(a) Starry.
(b) Shiny.
(c) Combed.
(d) Sunny.

7. What was Shen Fu afraid that Yun would do during the debacle with the family and the accusations made of her?
(a) Hurt his family.
(b) Commit suicide.
(c) Divorce him.
(d) Run away.

8. The Purple ________ Cave was only as big as a finger and nothing but water bubbled from it.
(a) Sky.
(b) Sun.
(c) River.
(d) Cloud.

9. Shen Fu notes that when he tried to sell paintings from his home, he did not make enough in _________ days to pay the expenses of one.
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) Three.
(d) Twenty.

10. The Nine _______ Garden near the South Gate, is the most naturally charming, according to Shen Fu when he is writing.
(a) Immortals.
(b) Bamboo.
(c) Towers.
(d) Peaks.

11. Shen Fu's father said that since ____________ could write, this person could take over mother's letters for her.
(a) Shen Fu.
(b) He.
(c) Chiang.
(d) Yun.

12. Shen Fu points out the ______ of the Cottage of Tranquility, something he feels is heavenly.
(a) Seclusion.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Movement.
(d) Order.

13. Who was the person that set off the exploding bamboo when Shen Fu was out on a trip?
(a) Another boy.
(b) Yun.
(c) Shen Fu.
(d) Servant.

14. Shen Fu's father did not understand how his son could owe money as they are a house of __________ and caps.
(a) Pennies.
(b) Gold.
(c) Robes.
(d) Books.

15. Shen Fu thinks about the countless ________ who since ancient days have been buried without being remembered.
(a) Men.
(b) Children.
(c) Monarchs.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yun was unable to go back to her mother to stay for a while since her mother ___________________.

2. What does Yun say when Shen Fu makes a comment about the figure of another woman? "__________ have good fortune."

3. Shen Fu says his father spent money like ________, and most of it on other people.

4. At the very head of the gardens was a park called _________ Park, and after a turn north, there was a stone bridge called Rainbow Bridge.

5. What was the more offensive name which Shen Fu's family gave to Yun when they were together?

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