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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Chen able to do that surprises the Magistrate?
(a) Write a haiku poem in less than a minute.
(b) Add large sums of money in his head.
(c) Write calligraphy.
(d) Quote literature passages from memory.

2. What does Ye Pan give Hong before Hong leaves?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Food.
(c) Coins.
(d) Letters.

3. Who kills Fire Star?
(a) Meng's cricket.
(b) Chen's cricket.
(c) Hong's other cricket.
(d) No one.

4. What does Hong make sure of in Chongqing?
(a) That his letters are sent securely.
(b) That Chen is charged only the reduced rate for scholars.
(c) That Chen gets several nights of good sleep.
(d) That the White Lotus contact knows he is there.

5. How has Lao Chen's father lost his money?
(a) Bad crops several years in a row.
(b) His second wife's family.
(c) He never had much money.
(d) Drinking and gambling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ye Pan?

2. How is Hong affected by what happens on the treacherous stretch of the river?

3. What has Bao taken upon herself to do?

4. Why is Daiyun upset with Chen?

5. Why does Chen stay outside the hall after Ding leaves?

Short Essay Questions

1. From where is Chen returning on a cart and on what is he thinking?

2. What do Hong and Chen announce to their father and what is his reaction?

3. What did Chen need in order to take the first examination and how did he get it?

4. How does Chen figure out that Shen Ding tried to ruin Chen's chances at passing the exam?

5. What does Ye Pan tell Hong when Hong gives him the letter? What does he invite Hong to do?

6. What talent does Chen have and at what age does this talent show?

7. Where and with whom do the boys live, and why is their life style less than it should be?

8. What does Shen Ding advise Chen to do on the last day of the exam, what does Chen decide to do and why?

9. How does Hong eventually feel about Lin Shi and what happens to Lin Shi?

10. What does Hong do while Chen is receiving his award?

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