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

2. What strong impulse do women have about the family in times of death or stress?
(a) Maintain family honor.
(b) Fight back.
(c) Kill themselves.
(d) Be happy.

3. What is Jen doing to his wife as she is dreaming?
(a) Dancing with her.
(b) Strangling her.
(c) Mocking her.
(d) Talking to her.

4. When a wife starves her mother-in-law, what does her husband do secretly in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?
(a) Beats his wife.
(b) Calls the police.
(c) Feedshis mother.
(d) Runs away.

5. What happened to the man who was beaten that Ts'ui and his mother met?
(a) He was being punished for losing.
(b) He was being punished for stealing.
(c) He lost his wife in gambling.
(d) He lost his fortune.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Jen's wife's dream, where is she sitting?

2. Who kills the murderer that was protected by correct officials?

3. How far away is T'an-ch'eng from Jen's house?

4. Where does Jen dump the body after he hears the village watchmen?

5. Who narrates the story regarding the arrest of Jen's wife's supposed killer?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do many women do after their husbands die in China?

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

4. Describe the family conflict around P'u Sung-ling's marriage.

5. What is the conflict between a local farmer and another Wang family?

6. Describe Ts'ui Meng in The Feud.

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

8. What does Huang realize about Wang's death from her body?

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

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

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