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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. Which phrase best describes Mei's funeral?
(a) A big production.
(b) Large and grand.
(c) Small but emotional.
(d) Small and pointless.

2. What must be done to Master Kao's coffin to keep him safe from curses?
(a) It must be set on fire.
(b) It must be blessed by a temple priest.
(c) A layer of bricks and dirt must cover it.
(d) A gold medallion must be fastened to it.

3. What reason does Cheuh-hsin give for not wanting his wife to go to pay Mei her respect?
(a) There will be too many people there.
(b) The journey is too difficult.
(c) Mei would not want her there.
(d) She is pregnant and it would not be good.

4. Who tells Cheuh-hui of Ming-feng's death?
(a) Cheuh-min.
(b) Chin.
(c) Chien-yun.
(d) Wan-erh.

5. Why is Chien-erh burning money for Wan-erh?
(a) In order to curse Wan-erh.
(b) In hopes that the gods will free Wan-erh.
(c) Because Wan-erh has died.
(d) Because Wan-erh's life is worse than death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Ming-Feng that she is to become Master Feng's concubine?

2. What is the state of the house Jui-cheuh must live in outside the city?

3. Who seems to be the calmest about the military fighting?

4. In Chapter 23, who sees one of Cheuh-hui's articles?

5. Who beings arguing over the property soon after Master Kao passes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens during Jui-cheuh's childbirth?

2. Why are the women scared of the curse of the blood-glow?

3. How does Cheuh-hui hear of Jui-cheuh's move and what is his response?

4. How does Jui-cheuh seem to respond to Mei initially?

5. What does Ming-feng do when she hears that she is to be Master Feng's concubine?

6. How does the family feel the night that fighting breaks out around the city?

7. What does Jui-cheuh share with Mei in Chapter 22?

8. What do Cheuh-hsin and Mei talk about while in the garden at the Kao compound?

9. What is the general response to the death of Master Kao?

10. What happens when news of the looting comes to the Kao compound?

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