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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. What does Shen Fu say increased as he and Yun began to have more and more debts in their name?
(a) Shame.
(b) Rent.
(c) Bills.
(d) Gossip.

2. The madam of the first boat the Shen Fu and the others call to is called the Lady with the ____________ Hair.
(a) Starry.
(b) Shiny.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Combed.

3. Yun was hired to embroider the _________ Sutra for a friend when she was having one of her more healthy times.
(a) Heart.
(b) Throat.
(c) Chest.
(d) Leg.

4. Hung-kan tells the boatman that he and Shen Fu aren't just climbing the mountain, but are looking for a place to ___________.
(a) Die.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Study.
(d) Retire.

5. At the Pleasant _____ Cave, Shen Fu drinks from the stream and finds that it satisfies his intense thirst.
(a) Flowers.
(b) Streams.
(c) Waters.
(d) Tide.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Yun and Shen Fu's son was twelve years old, he was studying ______ with a teacher.

2. Shen Fu enjoyed the _______ Spring as the waters were clear, the fish were abundant, and the liveliness was a delight.

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

4. Who thinks the illness is the result of the young girl that Yun had found for Shen Fu's father?

5. At the very head of the gardens was a park called _________ Park, and after a turn north, there was a stone bridge called Rainbow Bridge.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What would happen if Shen Fu and and the others didn't smuggle the girls back out of the apartment without anyone else seeing them?

4. What happened at Chungwen Academy when Shen Fu is a boy, according to his writings?

5. What does Shen Fu seem to think about the presence of Hsi-erh in his life when Yun is away?

6. What was Shen Fu sent to do when he was a boy, according to his writing in this section?

7. What did Yun do so that their children were going to be able to stay warm in the cold months?

8. Why wasn't it a good idea to feed the novice at the monastery, according to Shen Fu?

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

10. 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?

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