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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Feud.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What storage facilities are abandoned during the time of the famine?
(a) Silver.
(b) Grain.
(c) Gold.
(d) Labor.

2. In "The Local History of T'an-ch'eng," who do widows struggle to raise?
(a) Husbands.
(b) Daughters.
(c) Sons.
(d) Prostitutes.

3. What does the snowfall fail to lessen in Huang's story?
(a) Tax burden.
(b) Air conditioning bill.
(c) Drought.
(d) Electric bill.

4. Who made up a story that the boy's father killed their father during the chaos of the Manchu invasions?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Uncles.
(c) Sisters.
(d) Aunts.

5. Who does Ts'ui Meng talk to that his mother helped?
(a) Peddler.
(b) Refugee.
(c) Taoist monk.
(d) Slave girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a profession of parents in "The Local History of T'an-ch'eng?"

2. What does the official of T'ang-ch'eng get Peking officials to lower?

3. What happened to the man who was beaten that Ts'ui and his mother met?

4. Who is released upon Ts'ui's confession of guilt in court?

5. What subject is some of the widows knowledgeable about?

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