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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. Yun and Shen Fu arrange for their son to learn the business of ___________ with another man in order to help him get started in the world.
(a) Writing.
(b) Bookkeeping.
(c) Trading.
(d) Math.

2. Who suspected Yun of writing something improper about her when she wrote a letter for her?
(a) Shen Fu's mother.
(b) Shen Fu's father.
(c) Shen Fu's grandmother.
(d) Shen Fu's aunt.

3. While the scent of the flowers overcame much of the dinner, what was the one ingredient which could not be overcome?
(a) Allspice.
(b) Pepper.
(c) Tumeric.
(d) Ginger.

4. What did Shen Fu bite into, even as the others told him not to do so?
(a) Apples.
(b) Cherries.
(c) Plums.
(d) Persimmons.

5. 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) Paintings.
(d) Lanterns.

Short Answer Questions

1. The exploding bamboo make so much noise that the ___________ answered, according to Shen Fu.

2. Shen Fu's father said that since ____________ could write, this person could take over mother's letters for her.

3. Who agrees with the plan that Shen Fu and Yun have in place, even though it seems strange he would agree to it?

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

5. Shen Fu admits there are usually retributions for one's own _______,but he does not see this to be the case with himself.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the scent of the food when Shen Fu eats with the Chen family?

2. What is Yun referred to when the times in the Yun and Shen Fu household begin to be difficult?

3. What does Feng-sen know when he is sent away for an apprenticeship, though he is never told this?

4. What are some of the reasons why Shen Fu doesn't seem to think it's fair that he should have misfortune in his life?

5. What did Shen Fu's mother say when she found out the Yun was writing letters which were supposed to be from her to Yun's father in law?

6. What does Shen Fu have to say about the differences between impressions of seeing a place?

7. Why was Yun cast out of the house, according to the writings of Shen Fu?

8. What is the question Shen Fu begins this section of the book with, according to the content?

9. What are the two mountains Shen Fu can see when he accepts the position from the magistrate at the age of 25?

10. What happens when the others seem to accuse Shen Fu and Yun of so many things which end up being misunderstandings?

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