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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 & 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Bao-yu and Xi-feng hear as they leave the Ning Mansion?
(a) A maid cursing Xi-feng.
(b) A drunken servant cursing the Ning family.
(c) A drunken servant cursing the Jia family.
(d) A baby crying.

2. What do Bao-yu and Qin Zhong quickly learn about each other?
(a) That they are both rich.
(b) That they are both confused about their sexuality.
(c) That they are both attracted to maids in their household.
(d) That they are both without a tutor.

3. According to the inscription on the stone, what has the stone once been?
(a) A dog.
(b) A man.
(c) A woman.
(d) A boat.

4. Where is Dai-yu to reside?
(a) At a convent.
(b) At her mother's family's estate.
(c) In boarding school.
(d) The Jia family residence.

5. What does the doctor believe about his patient's prognosis at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) If she lives to see the solar eclipse, she will recover.
(b) If she lives past the spring equinox, she will have a full recovery.
(c) If she does not recover by the lunar eclipse time, she will die.
(d) She must wait for the lunar eclipse to see any improvement of symptoms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leng Zi-xing explain in regards to turning out sons?

2. How long did Feng Yuan wait to marry the girl in which he was interested?

3. What is the goddess in the opening chapter in the middle of doing?

4. Who does Bao-yu cry out to in order to help him when he is dreaming?

5. Why does Bao-yu make a scene upon returning home from his visit with Bao-chai?

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