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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the boys hurrying home to dinner at the beginning of the book?
(a) Because it is a holiday.
(b) Because they are late.
(c) Because they are hungry.
(d) Because they have guests visitig.

2. Who seems to become nervous and quiet around Chin?
(a) Cheuh-min.
(b) Chien-yun.
(c) Cheuh-hsin.
(d) Chueh-hui.

3. What is the name of the author of the book that Chueh-hui is reading in Chapter 12?
(a) Dostoevsky.
(b) Turgenev.
(c) Chekhov.
(d) Kant.

4. What is Master Kao's friend Feng looking for?
(a) A concubine.
(b) A new sedan driver.
(c) A new maid.
(d) A tutor for his children.

5. Who puts on the dragon show for the family?
(a) Uncle Ke-ting.
(b) Cheuh-min.
(c) Mei.
(d) Chin.

6. What subject does Chueh-hsin expect to go study at university?
(a) Math.
(b) Science.
(c) English.
(d) Business.

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

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

9. What does Cheuh-hui realize about how the talk of change and the new order affects Cheuh-hsin?
(a) He realizes it must give him hope because he wants change.
(b) He realizes it makes him happy because he is free.
(c) He realizes it must anger him because he likes tradition.
(d) He realizes it must devastate him because he is stuck.

10. In Chapter 11, how does Chueh-hui vent his frustrations?
(a) Practicing marital arts.
(b) Writing songs.
(c) Writing in a journal.
(d) Studying.

11. Who helps with making the fireworks?
(a) Yeh yeh.
(b) The sedan drivers.
(c) Ming-feng and the other servants.
(d) Master Kao.

12. What exam does Chueh-min help Chin study for?
(a) Her science final.
(b) Her English entrance exam.
(c) Her etiquette exam.
(d) Her math exam.

13. Chueh-hui wonders if who can marry Ming-Feng?
(a) Cheuh-hsin.
(b) Himself.
(c) Chueh-min.
(d) Ke-ting.

14. Where are the brothers walking home from at the opening of the book?
(a) From school.
(b) From a friend's house.
(c) From the temple.
(d) From the market place.

15. How much younger than Chueh-min is Chueh-hui?
(a) About 18 months.
(b) Two years.
(c) One year.
(d) Ten months.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 11, what does Jui-cheuh say she is embroidering for her husband?

4. Who do the cousins agree not to tell of Mei's return to town?

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

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