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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Delights of Roaming Afar.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To Shen Fu, the colored ________ were enough to make a person dizzy and the songs and music of the pipes could be overwhelming.
(a) Streamers.
(b) Dragons.
(c) Lanterns.
(d) Paintings.

2. Shen Fu says his father spent money like ________, and most of it on other people.
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Oil.
(c) Water.
(d) Dirt.

3. What did Shen Fu try to sell when his wife was ill and they needed to buy her medicine, though this venture was unsuccessful?
(a) Books.
(b) Photos.
(c) Plants.
(d) Paintings.

4. Who was the person that set off the exploding bamboo when Shen Fu was out on a trip?
(a) Yun.
(b) Servant.
(c) Shen Fu.
(d) Another boy.

5. What kind of sickness does Yun have, according to the description of Shen Fu?
(a) Brain.
(b) Heart.
(c) Blood.
(d) Stomach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Shen Fu and Yun's daughter deny she was feeling, even though it was apparent that she was?

2. Poor scholars who live in crowded houses should imitate the sterns of Taiping ___________ of Shen Fu's home country.

3. What happened when Shen Fu threw out a rock into the water to see how deep it was?

4. The boatman suggests that the boys go to the village of _________ where his cousin lives, saying it has vacant land.

5. Shen Fu finds out that a ________ stomach can not handle the taste of meat at first.

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