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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are family members seated at the New Year's Eve feast?
(a) By rank.
(b) By height.
(c) By gender.
(d) By family relation.

2. What does Cheuh-hsin tell Mei when he sees her in the garden?
(a) He feels she is being cruel toward him.
(b) He is glad she is so happy.
(c) He wishes she never returned to the city.
(d) He needs her to stay with him forever.

3. Why is Cheuh-hui sick of the aristocratic life?
(a) He is tired of being better than others.
(b) He hates the restraints that it brings.
(c) He is tired of not being able to pursue the revolution.
(d) He hates being rich.

4. Which of the following words does not describe Chin?
(a) Ambitious.
(b) Strong.
(c) Attractive.
(d) Shy.

5. How has Mei's disposition changed in Chapter 20 since the brothers have last seen her?
(a) It has not changed, she is still melancholy.
(b) She is much happier now.
(c) She is enjoying her life now.
(d) She is very angry now.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather like in the opening setting of the story?

2. What is Cheuh-hsin's grandfather's name?

3. At what point in the first three chapters does the reader find out the brothers are from the gentry?

4. How does Cheuh-hui get the others to turn the boat around and head back home?

5. Why do the two brothers head over to Chin's house after they pay their respects to the gods?

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