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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the invitees to Bao-yu's birthday party?
(a) Servants, friends and family only.
(b) Friends and family only.
(c) Family members only.
(d) Boa-yu's cousins only.

2. Who visits Aroma's home with Bao-yu?
(a) Yu-chun.
(b) Qin-shi.
(c) Patience.
(d) Tealeaf.

3. It is Yuan-chun's hope that this move to live with the girls _____.
(a) Will stop him from eating lipstick.
(b) Will make him become more mature.
(c) Will increase his intelligence.
(d) Will encourage the boy to study more.

4. Which servant does Lian desire but who won't let him have her?
(a) The Mattress.
(b) Ling-feng.
(c) Aroma.
(d) Patience.

5. With whom does Bao-yu spend his evening after being scolded by Aroma for defending her?
(a) Musk.
(b) The Mattress.
(c) Patience.
(d) Aroma.

6. Xi-feng's infant daughter becomes ill with _____.
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Chickenpox.
(d) Scarlet fever.

7. As Bao-yu, Xi-feng, and Qin Zhong talk during Chapter 14, what do they learn has happened?
(a) Qin-shi has passed away.
(b) Dai-yu's mother has passed away.
(c) Dai-yu's father has passed away.
(d) Bao-yu's father has passed away.

8. Who calls for Bao-yu to tell the boy he is to be moved in with the girls?
(a) Xi-feng.
(b) Grandmother Jia.
(c) Aroma.
(d) Jia Zheng.

9. Who gives temporary names to places and things in the garden for Yuan-chun?
(a) Xi-feng.
(b) Jia Zheng, his literary friends, and Bao-yu.
(c) Bao-yu and Qin Zhong.
(d) Jia Zheng and Yuan-chun.

10. What sound comes from one of Bao-yu's rooms when the girls are ganging up on him?
(a) Singing.
(b) Laughing voices.
(c) Quiet discussion.
(d) Angry voices.

11. What does Bao-yu call for an end for in his altered poem?
(a) Jealous boyfriends.
(b) Feminine nagging and jealousy.
(c) Bureaucracy.
(d) Cheating women.

12. Why does Bao-yu beg Xi-feng to let he and Qin Zhong stay longer in the temple?
(a) Because Qin Zhong fears going back home.
(b) Because he feels affection for a servant girl.
(c) Because Qin Zhong and Sappy are in love and want to spend time together.
(d) Because he is learning a lot about spirituality.

13. What does Aroma urge Bao-yu to stop eating?
(a) Butter.
(b) Leaves from the oak tree.
(c) Lipstick and other cosmetics.
(d) Bark of the oak tree.

14. Who is Yuan-chun overjoyed to see when she comes to see the garden?
(a) Jia Rong.
(b) Jia Zheng.
(c) Dai-yu.
(d) Bao-yu.

15. What important event is the Prince of Bei-jing present for?
(a) Qin-shi's funeral.
(b) Bao-yu's marriage.
(c) Xi-feng taking over the running of the Ning household.
(d) Dai-yu's father's funeral.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Yuan-chun order that the girls of the house and Bao-yu be allowed to live?

2. In her anger at Bao-yu, what does Dai-yu cut up?

3. How long will burial ceremonies for Qin-shi last?

4. Where does the funeral procession for Qin-shi finally arrive?

5. How many people does Bao-yu share the romantic/erotic stories with?

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