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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ts'ui-hsien suspect about the man who wants to marry her?
(a) He is rich.
(b) He is a beggar.
(c) He is a liar.
(d) He has bad habits.

2. Who is arrested as being guilty of killing Jen's wife?
(a) Kao and his wife.
(b) Jen and his father.
(c) Ts'ao and her brother.
(d) Huang and his wife.

3. When Huang reconstructs the crime, who admits guilt?
(a) Kao.
(b) Ts'ao.
(c) Hissu.
(d) Jen.

4. When is Jen's wife's supposed killer brought to trial?
(a) Four days after being accused.
(b) Five days after being accused.
(c) Two days after being accused.
(d) Three days after being accused.

5. Where does Jen dump the body after he hears the village watchmen?
(a) Snow.
(b) Swing.
(c) Huang's house.
(d) Kao's house.

6. What is considered less valuable than a killer?
(a) Rich woman.
(b) Adulterous wife.
(c) Lucky man.
(d) Good looking man.

7. What does Jen's wife's supposed killer admit to doing?
(a) Hitting Ts'ao.
(b) Hitting Kao.
(c) Hitting Huang.
(d) Hitting Jen.

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

9. Who is protected by corrupt officials despite killing a wife in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?
(a) Li.
(b) Huang.
(c) Tao.
(d) Wang.

10. When Jen's wife tears the sleeping mat, what does she do?
(a) Cry.
(b) Defecate.
(c) Scream.
(d) Laugh.

11. Who is locked up after the alibi is proven about the supposed murderer?
(a) Tsao.
(b) Huang.
(c) Kao.
(d) Jen.

12. Who is Ts'ui Meng supposed to become friends with in order to save his life when he has committed too many crimes?
(a) Slave girl.
(b) Taoist monk.
(c) Peddler.
(d) Refugee.

13. Who does Jen accuse of killing his wife?
(a) Kao.
(b) Hissu.
(c) Huang.
(d) Su.

14. Who has to pay the burial expenses for the dead wife?
(a) Ts'uai.
(b) Kao.
(c) Chin.
(d) Jen.

15. Who comes to judge Ts'ui for his crime of murder?
(a) A high official.
(b) Monk.
(c) Bandit.
(d) Priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the pile near the mat that Huang notices?

2. Who attacks Li and his sons in revenge for being called a gangster?

3. Who defends the alibi of the supposed murderer?

4. What is set off in the hills by a servant to divert the robbers while rescuing Ts'ui's wife in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?

5. Jen's wife is an _________.

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