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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Shen Fu later think that the battle between the two insects probably was?
(a) Attempted rape.
(b) A schoolyard fight.
(c) A lesson.
(d) Nothing.

2. What was very common in Chinese cultures until just recently, though this did not necessarily happen with Shen Fu and Yun?
(a) Arranged marriages.
(b) Marriage in childhood.
(c) Partnership, not marriage.
(d) Loving relationships first.

3. Shen Fu reminds the reader of a saying: "Even the ends of ____________ and sawdust have their uses."
(a) Sticks.
(b) Bamboo.
(c) Paper.
(d) Food.

4. The different categories in the book, according to Shen Fu, all add up to a __________ life in this book.
(a) Jumbled.
(b) Chaotic.
(c) Boring.
(d) Floating.

5. What does Yun say that they can bring with them in order to be able to have tea when she and Shen Fu are on an adventure?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Their imagination.
(c) Money to buy one.
(d) Earthenware pot.

6. What was the sound that Shen Fu associated with cranes flying around in the air when he was a child?
(a) Tea leaves.
(b) Mosquitoes.
(c) Bees.
(d) Bamboo stalks.

7. What was the prize for the winning master of the game as mentioned in #85?
(a) 5 cash.
(b) 100 cash.
(c) 10000 cash.
(d) 10 cash.

8. Shen Fu imagines _________ flying through trees and mountains when he is lying the grass as a child.
(a) Phoenixes.
(b) Eagles.
(c) Cranes.
(d) Doves.

9. Who discovers that Yun is dressed up as a man, which causes them to be discovered during the festival?
(a) No one.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A group of girls.
(d) Shen Fu's father.

10. Who prepared almost every single document that the magistrate would see during their daily work?
(a) Courtesan.
(b) Concubine.
(c) No one.
(d) Secretary.

11. The proper training of a ______ takes at least thirty to forty years, and Shen Fu notes he has only known one man to achieve this task.
(a) Flower.
(b) Stream.
(c) Stone.
(d) Tree.

12. What was the skill of Lu Pan-fang, a man of many names within this particular section of the book?
(a) Painter.
(b) Writer.
(c) Secretary.
(d) Carver.

13. Who is Han-yuan sold to, which saddens Yun very much upon finding out this information from another?
(a) Business man.
(b) The magistrate.
(c) Shen Fu.
(d) Shen Fu's father.

14. What does Shen Fu seem to have specialized in, according to this skills when he was a secretary for the magistrate?
(a) Bookkeeping.
(b) Document registration.
(c) Judicial.
(d) Law.

15. What was the favorite flower of Shen Fu during this part of the book, at least?
(a) Rose.
(b) Daisy.
(c) Azalea.
(d) Hibiscus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shen Fu describes the scene in the garden as being so intoxicating that no one needed to ____________.

2. What did the guests write on the painting that Hsing-lan did after he was done with the work?

3. Shen Fu tells the reader to prune away an excess leaves on a flower in order to make it look spare and ______________.

4. What did Madam Hua have the girls learn from Yun when they were at this location in the story?

5. To show the small in the large, one can plant ____________ in a corner as it will grow tall and strong and quickly.

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