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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 instrument is Chueh-hsin playing his sad song on?
(a) A flute.
(b) A guitar.
(c) A lyre.
(d) A lute.

2. 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.

3. Why does Chin's mother not allow her to go to the boys' school?
(a) She does not think Chin will learn enough there.
(b) The school is too difficult for Chin to get into.
(c) She thinks likes to make Chin unhappy.
(d) She feels people will gossip.

4. What does Chueh-hui learn when playing chess with his sister-in-law?
(a) That she is miserable at the Kao home.
(b) That she lost some things too when she married Chueh-hsin.
(c) That she is pregnant with her second child.
(d) That she is a master chess player.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What fear does Ming-Feng have?

2. What subject does Chueh-hsin expect to go study at university?

3. How old is Ming-Feng?

4. What type of shop is Cheuh-hsin's office next to?

5. Who does Chueh-hui overhear speaking with a maid in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Uncle Ke-ting prepare for the fireworks show?

2. Please describe Chin and her mother's relationship.

3. What is Chueh-hui and Ming-feng's interaction like in Chapter 10?

4. How is Mama Huang described?

5. How does Chueh-hui think of Ming-feng in Chapter 3?

6. What do Chueh-hui and Jui-cheuh talk about in the garden?

7. How does Chueh-hui vent his frustrations while under his house arrest?

8. What is life like on the compound in Chapter 17 when Chin comes to stay?

9. What secret does Chin share with her cousins about Chueh-hsin and Mei?

10. How do the students respond when the governor does not keep his promise to meet their demands?

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