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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position does Wan-erh hold in the Kao household?
(a) She is a concubine.
(b) She is a servant.
(c) She is a cousin.
(d) She is a sister-in-law.

2. What word best describes Chin's relationship with her mother?
(a) Distant.
(b) Amiable.
(c) Difficult.
(d) Angry.

3. What does Chueh-min run inside to do before heading off to dinner?
(a) Start his homework.
(b) Talk to his mother.
(c) Sneak a bit of dessert.
(d) Change his clothes.

4. How long has Mama Huang been with the Kao family?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Twelve years.
(c) Fourteen years.
(d) Ten years.

5. Which of the following is one thing that the brothers have in common?
(a) They all dislike their grandfather.
(b) They are tall.
(c) All are passionate about their education.
(d) Unrequited love.

6. How does Cheuh-hui feel about the boys shooting fireworks at the dancers?
(a) He thinks it is funny.
(b) He thinks it is disgusting.
(c) He really does not care.
(d) He thinks that it is nice of them.

7. At what point in the first three chapters does the reader find out the brothers are from the gentry?
(a) When the boys are walking home.
(b) When Chueh-hui first speaks to Ming-Feng.
(c) During dinner.
(d) When the boys names and ages are being shared.

8. What is the second line to this proverb: "benevolent rulers, happy family..."?
(a) Many years, many grandchildren.
(b) Happy family, happy home.
(c) Long life, good harvests.
(d) Weak rulers, bad children.

9. How does Ming-Feng respond when Chueh-hui says he wants to protect her?
(a) She says that she needs to leave.
(b) She says she thinks about him a lot.
(c) She says that they cannot love each other.
(d) She tells him to stay away from her.

10. Why has Mei returned to Chengtu?
(a) Her husband has died.
(b) Her husband got a new job.
(c) Her mother is ill.
(d) She missed home.

11. In Chapter 11, what does Jui-cheuh say she is embroidering for her husband?
(a) A pillow with her family's name on it.
(b) A quilt.
(c) A picture for their home.
(d) A runner for their canopy bed.

12. The boys walk home from school instead of riding in what?
(a) A sedan chair.
(b) A buggy.
(c) A carriage.
(d) A gig.

13. Who tutors some of Chin's relatives?
(a) Chueh-hsin.
(b) Yin-lei.
(c) Wen-chi.
(d) Chien-yun.

14. What campaign do the students launch?
(a) Preserve respect for students.
(b) Safety for all.
(c) Save the arts.
(d) Keep Chengtu safe.

15. What is Cousin Mei's disposition when the two younger brother see her at Chin's house?
(a) She is calm.
(b) She is happy.
(c) She is ill.
(d) She is melancholy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fear does Ming-Feng have?

2. Who are the students petitioning in reaction to their play being ruined?

3. What is Jui-cheuh trying to do by inviting Chueh-hui to play chess with her?

4. What type of stories do the sedan chair drivers tell Chueh-hui?

5. Besides the boys' cousin, what other relatives are at dinner during the first three chapters of the story?

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