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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Land.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are taxes used to maintain in Huang's story?
(a) Kaoling roads.
(b) Imperial roads.
(c) Manchu roads.
(d) Chin-Chon roads.

2. In the first magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668, what event does a young boy attend?
(a) Concert.
(b) Parade.
(c) Dance show.
(d) Musical.

3. In what story does a naive man have to acquire crickets?
(a) The Chinese Cricket.
(b) The Game Cricket.
(c) The Fighting Cricket.
(d) The Cricket Tax.

4. What do the young couple set up as a new occupation after Ting is freed by a large bribe?
(a) Herbal shop.
(b) Tax accountancy firm.
(c) Glass factory.
(d) Shoe shop.

5. Who is drinking with a cousin during the earthquake of 1668?
(a) Tseng-yu.
(b) P'u Sung-ling.
(c) Confucius.
(d) Yu-yu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a rich bandit give the couple?

2. What is the naive and uneducated head man of the village driven to while trying to pay tax?

3. Who does Liu meet with the police who is threatened by starvation?

4. As power changed hands in China in 1644, what did not decline?

5. How does Ting's partner feed the starving people during the famine?

(see the answer key)

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