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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 253-269.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Wei Xi?
(a) A teacher in Beijing.
(b) The main examiner in Beijing.
(c) The great-grandson of Confusius.
(d) The secretary who oversees the mansion and grounds dedicated to Confusius.

2. Why do Hong and Chen leave in haste for Beijing?
(a) Meng wishes them to take a letter that needs to arrive quickly.
(b) Yuying takes offense and tells her father.
(c) The exams have been moved up.
(d) The river is flooded and it will be slow going.

3. What does Hong worry about as he and Chen are walking?
(a) The many soldiers on the road.
(b) Whether Chen will listen to him.
(c) The locusts he sees on the crops.
(d) The many old men and women who are beggars.

4. What does Fei Qun ask of the person he visits?
(a) To take a letter with him.
(b) Nothing; he's just saying goodbye.
(c) To apprentice to him as the next school master.
(d) To talk to Bao about marriage.

5. Why do Hong and Chen pour rice on the doorstep of a house?
(a) As a peace offering.
(b) To feed several young children.
(c) To keep the men inside from stealing from the women.
(d) To keep the evil spirits inside.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hong say he will consider?

2. What do Hong and Chen travel on towards Beijing?

3. What did Lao Chen learn by age four?

4. Who is the White Lotus?

5. Where is Chongquing?

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