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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. When Ts'ui-hsien's husband goes to jail, what happens to him?
(a) He gains power.
(b) He falls in love.
(c) He dies.
(d) He works cheaply.

2. Who ends up becoming Li's servant for a year?
(a) Wang.
(b) Tao.
(c) Ts'ui.
(d) Huang.

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) Lights.
(b) Sounds.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Flame.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What decreases the sentence against the killer of Jen's wife?

2. What is considered less valuable than a killer?

3. Who comes to judge Ts'ui for his crime of murder?

4. When does Huang go to Jen's house to examine evidence?

5. What or whom do the people have fear of after the murder case?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the sad story P'u Sung-ling tells about a young woman and a nobleman?

4. How does Jen place the blame of Wang's death on Kao?

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

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

7. What is the story that P'u Sung-ling writes about a woman confronting rampaging soldiers?

8. Why is Jen able to survive the beating?

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

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

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