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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What didn't Shen Fu and his friend Hsin-yueh do during the course of their friendship, according to Shen Fu?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Travel.
(c) Quarrel.
(d) Gamble.

2. Shen Fu admits there are usually retributions for one's own _______,but he does not see this to be the case with himself.
(a) Families.
(b) Actions.
(c) Sins.
(d) Truths.

3. Yun decides that he and Shen Fu should leave at the morning of the ________ night watch in order to avoid capture and humiliation.
(a) Fourth.
(b) Third.
(c) Fifth.
(d) Second.

4. How long does Shen Fu's father give him and Yun to gather their affairs after learning of the money they owe?
(a) Three days.
(b) Two months.
(c) One day.
(d) Two days.

5. Yun lets Shen Fu know that she is the ____________ on a loan for Shen Fu's younger brother and needs to pay the loan back.
(a) Guarnator.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Proxy.
(d) Beneficiary.

6. When Shen Fu saw the problems going on around him when he was a government official, he gave up his position to become a _____________.
(a) Merchant.
(b) Bookkeeper.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Husband.

7. The boatman suggests that the boys go to the village of _________ where his cousin lives, saying it has vacant land.
(a) Soochow.
(b) Shanghai.
(c) Shangsha.
(d) Beijing.

8. When Shen Fu's father thinks he is dying, he tells Shen Fu to work with his friend to study to work in _________________.
(a) The art world.
(b) A hospital.
(c) Government offices.
(d) The military.

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

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

11. Shen Fu enjoyed the _______ Spring as the waters were clear, the fish were abundant, and the liveliness was a delight.
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Jade.
(d) Opal.

12. The Nine _______ Garden near the South Gate, is the most naturally charming, according to Shen Fu when he is writing.
(a) Immortals.
(b) Peaks.
(c) Towers.
(d) Bamboo.

13. The exploding bamboo make so much noise that the ___________ answered, according to Shen Fu.
(a) Mountains.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Clouds.
(d) Gods.

14. What happened when Shen Fu went to see his father when his father became ill?
(a) Shen Fu became ill too.
(b) Yun left him.
(c) His mother died.
(d) His father died.

15. The sage once tells Shen Fu that they should not use _______ with too fine a mesh as this will not allow them to catch anything.
(a) Books.
(b) Nets.
(c) Mosquito netting.
(d) Hats.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shen Fu feels regret for not having visited Orchid Pavilion or Yu's _________ when he was a younger boy.

2. The Purple ________ Cave was only as big as a finger and nothing but water bubbled from it.

3. A monk at the cave invites Shen Fu to see that Ten Thousand Year _____, in the kitchen of a temple.

4. What did Shen Fu bite into, even as the others told him not to do so?

5. What was the name of the girl which Yun had given birth to fourteen years before?

(see the answer keys)

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