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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Xu Da say that Prefect made him and the other novices do the night before their ordination?
(a) Meditate all night.
(b) Chant.
(c) Clean.
(d) Write sacred sayings.

2. What month is it in Chapter 10?
(a) 1st.
(b) 3rd.
(c) 5th.
(d) 4th.

3. What sutra does Zhu recite when he meets Little Guo and Ma Xiuying?
(a) Smarta.
(b) Suiba.
(c) Heart.
(d) Kalpa.

4. In Chapter 5 when Essen emerges from her ger, how many soldiers stand at Ouyang's back?
(a) 65,000.
(b) 70,000.
(c) 60,000.
(d) 55,000.

5. In Chapter 4, how much of its annual revenue is the monastery to submit to the provincial administrator for the Prince of Henan?
(a) 2/3.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 3/4.
(d) 1/2.

6. How many columns wide is the governor's residence in Lu?
(a) 40.
(b) At least 30.
(c) 20.
(d) About 25.

7. How many days after the Lantern Festival does Chang Yuchun find himself on the march with Monk Zhu's 700 men in Chapter 9?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

8. In Chapter 5, what group of people provided the army's expertise in engineering and siege weaponry?
(a) Southerners.
(b) Semu.
(c) Han.
(d) Mongolians.

9. In Chapter 6, what is the capital of the Red Turban rebels?
(a) Nanjing.
(b) Anfeng.
(c) Xi'an.
(d) Luoyang.

10. In Chapter 6, at what river does Little Guo propose they engage the Hu?
(a) KPearl.
(b) Yao.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Huaihe.

11. What year was Chongba born?
(a) Goat.
(b) Rat.
(c) Dog.
(d) Pig.

12. In Chapter 3, what color are the soldiers' pennants who stream into the courtyard?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

13. In Chapter 4, during the years Xu Da and Zhu have been at the monastery, how many times has a novice had an audience with the Abbot that does not end in expulsion?
(a) None.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

14. In Chapter 8, how long has Ouyang served the house of the Prince of Henan?
(a) 18 years.
(b) 21 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 16 years.

15. In Chapter 1, how many girls remain in Zhongli village?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many precepts are in the monastic oath?

2. When Zhu returns from Lu, how long does the crowd shout that the leaders of the Red Turbans should rule?

3. In Chapter 2, how often do the novices get a bath?

4. What color gown does the Prince of Radiance wear at the end of Chapter 11?

5. In Chapter 1, how long has there been a drought?

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