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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the alleged, but inaccurate, reason given for Jia Rui becoming ill?
(a) His inability to have Xi-feng.
(b) An ancient curse.
(c) His lack of respect for his parents.
(d) His many liaisons with prostitutes.

2. What does Xi-feng do when Bao-yu questions a servant at the Ning Mansion?
(a) She calls a maid to distract from the situation.
(b) She confronts the servant herself.
(c) She angrily hushes him.
(d) She quietly tells him not to worry about it.

3. In order to cure Bao-yu of his lust of the mind, he is given a bride named _____.
(a) Ke-qing.
(b) Dao-nu.
(c) Dai-ku.
(d) Ke-Ling.

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

5. 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.

6. Who forms deeps friendship with Darling and Precious?
(a) Dai-yu and Qin Zhong.
(b) Qin Zhong and Bao-yu.
(c) Bao-chai and Dai-yu.
(d) Dai-yu and Bao-yu.

7. Who settles the boy in Qin Shi's room?
(a) Teng-zhi.
(b) Dai-yu.
(c) Qin Shi.
(d) Bao-chai.

8. How long did Feng Yuan wait to marry the girl in which he was interested?
(a) Ten years.
(b) One year.
(c) Three days.
(d) Five weeks.

9. What is the goddess in the opening chapter in the middle of doing?
(a) Mending the sky.
(b) Choosing a husband.
(c) Praying.
(d) Reading a book.

10. They reach the Ford of Error where Bao-yu finds himself being pulled into _____.
(a) Dai-yu's room.
(b) A cave of jewels.
(c) The ford.
(d) Reality.

11. What do Bao-chai and Zhou Rai's wife talk about at the start of Chapter 7?
(a) Their problems with their children.
(b) The difficult prescription a monk prescribed for Bao-chai's illness.
(c) Zhou Rai's wife's problems with her husband.
(d) The simple prescription a monk prescribed for Bao-chai's illness.

12. What develops between the three main characters of the book?
(a) Great hate.
(b) A love triangle.
(c) A mysterious murder.
(d) A long-term friendship.

13. What is the reason given against Yu-cun arresting Xue?
(a) Xue will put a curse on him.
(b) Yu-cun does not understand the circumstances.
(c) Xue is cursed.
(d) Xue is from a rich family.

14. How does the stone feel after being left by the goddess?
(a) Scared and confused.
(b) Small yet strong.
(c) Free and happy.
(d) Rejected and useless.

15. Who is brought to life by a magical fictional stone?
(a) Xi-feng.
(b) Dai-chai.
(c) Dai-yu.
(d) Son-yu.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Yu-cun feel uncomfortable around the usher?

2. What does Xi-feng make Jia Rui believe about herself?

3. How does Jia Rui eventually die?

4. What actual name does Bao-yu cry out in his sleep?

5. Why is the headmaster going on leave?

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