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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 & 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Knowing she is to fulfill all of Bao-yu's needs, Aroma allows him to _____.
(a) Strike her.
(b) Have his way with her.
(c) Speak ill of his father.
(d) Cry openly.

2. Where does the funeral procession for Qin-shi finally arrive?
(a) The Imperial Palace.
(b) The Jia house.
(c) The Ning house.
(d) The Temple of the Iron Threshold.

3. What does Xi-feng's leadership bring to the Ning house?
(a) Disharmony and distrust.
(b) A slack and uncaring attitude among the servants.
(c) Order and peace.
(d) A tyrannical atmosphere of constant fear.

4. Grannie Liu first sees Xi-feng who makes the suggestion that these relatives don't visit because they find the Jias _____.
(a) Uneducated.
(b) Prideful.
(c) Too busy.
(d) Rude.

5. Before Bao-yu leaves for school, his father berates him for _____.
(a) His lack of study skills.
(b) Forgetting his books.
(c) Leaving late.
(d) His desire to skip the first day.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who calms Bao-yu down when he makes a scene after his visit with Bao-chai?

3. Who interrupts Bao-yu's visit with Bao-chai in Chapter 8?

4. Who has a brief discussion with Lady Wang about Bao-yu's odd behavior?

5. What important event happens on the day of Jia Zheng's birthday?

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