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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19 & 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jia Rong offered immediately after there is concern about his status?
(a) A job in a bakery.
(b) A marriage proposal.
(c) A spot as a courtier of the Imperial Court.
(d) A spot in the Corps of Officers of the Imperial Guard.

2. Why does Bao-yu make a scene upon returning home from his visit with Bao-chai?
(a) Because Nannie Li has been cursing him behind his back.
(b) Because nobody welcomes him home.
(c) Because he misses Bao-chai.
(d) Because Nannie Li drank something that was intended for him.

3. What sound comes from one of Bao-yu's rooms when the girls are ganging up on him?
(a) Quiet discussion.
(b) Angry voices.
(c) Laughing voices.
(d) Singing.

4. Why does Bao-yu seek Dai-yu's company in Chapter 19?
(a) Because Bao-chai is angry with him.
(b) Because Xi-feng wants him to do chores.
(c) Because Aroma is ill.
(d) Because Aroma is angry with him.

5. Which character from earlier in the book resurfaces working as a maid under the name Caltrop?
(a) Ying Lian.
(b) Vanitas.
(c) Calamity.
(d) Disenchantment, the fairy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aunt Xue give to Zhou Rai's wife?

2. What do Bao-chai and Zhou Rai's wife talk about at the start of Chapter 7?

3. What does Aroma urge Bao-yu to stop eating?

4. What do Bao-yu and Xi-feng hear as they leave the Ning Mansion?

5. To whose house does Bao-yu wander to to study to look at a painting that he likes?

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