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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. Who rescues Ts'ui's wife who is captured in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?
(a) Huang.
(b) Wang.
(c) Tao.
(d) Li.

2. Who attacks Li and his sons in revenge for being called a gangster?
(a) Kuan Ming-yo.
(b) Yu Piao.
(c) Wang K'o-hsi.
(d) Li Tung-chen.

3. 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?
(a) Flame.
(b) Sounds.
(c) Lights.
(d) Smoke.

4. Who is the magistrate overseeing the case of the murder?
(a) Hissu.
(b) Huang.
(c) Kao.
(d) Ts'ao.

5. Who is jealous of P'u Sung-ling's new wife?
(a) Sisters.
(b) Brothers.
(c) Husbands of sisters.
(d) Wives of brothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In order to keep the family peace, what does P'u Sung-ling's father have to do?

2. Who has an alibi on the night of the murder of Jen's wife?

3. What does Jen claim a man did to take his wife from him?

4. What is the punishment for the murderer apart from beating?

5. What does Ts'ui-hsien suspect about the man who wants to marry her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does he monk urge Ts'ui Meng to do for his own safety?

2. How does Kao get involved in Jen and Wang's marital dspute at the temple?

3. What does Huang discover at Jen's house?

4. What is done to placate Wang's ghost and why?

5. What does Li do to avenge the death of Wang's wife?

6. How does the boy that Ts'ui Meng befriended rescue him?

7. Why is Wang in a desperate situation after her lover leaves her?

8. How is the woman Wang described in Chapter 5?

9. What is Jen's punishment for killing his wife?

10. How does Ts'ui Meng try to avenge injustices meted out to Li?

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