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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Although the songs tell the story of his family's life, Bao-yu is bored and does not understand what?
(a) Why he is there.
(b) Who is singing the song.
(c) That he must wake up.
(d) The lyrics.

3. When Bao-yu visits the Department of the Ill-Fated Fair, what is he allowed to look at?
(a) The naked body of the most beautiful woman in Jinling.
(b) Three registers of the youngest women in Jinling.
(c) A meeting of all the beautiful women of Jinling.
(d) Three registers of the most beautiful girls in Jinling.

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

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

6. Who refuses to attend the birthday party?
(a) Jia Jing.
(b) You-shi.
(c) Jia Rui.
(d) Bao-yu.

7. What does Xi-feng make Jia Rui believe about herself?
(a) That she is interested in him.
(b) That she is much older than him.
(c) That she wants nothing to do with him.
(d) That she is very rich.

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

9. Bao-yu and Qin Zhong form a plan to encourage their families to send them to _____.
(a) The Imperial Palace.
(b) Each other's houses.
(c) The Temple of the Iron Threshold.
(d) A private school.

10. What happens to Jia Rui at the time of his first secret meeting?
(a) He meets his beloved.
(b) He is left sitting in the cold all night.
(c) He has sex with a prostitute.
(d) He gets drunk.

11. From what country is the family this story is about?
(a) China.
(b) Japan.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Mongolia.

12. What does the family take notice in terms of Dai-yu's situation?
(a) She is very tall and elegant.
(b) She is an outspoken girl.
(c) She is in a weakened state.
(d) She is a jovial child.

13. What does Grannie finally admit to Zhou under pressure?
(a) That she is looking for Bao-yu.
(b) That she is looking for a servant.
(c) That they have no food or money at home.
(d) That she is ill.

14. What do Duke of Ning-guo and Duke of Ring-guo believe will happen if Bao-yu engages in sexual pleasure?
(a) He will not be able to have children.
(b) He will have no chance with Dai-yu.
(c) He will fail in his studies.
(d) He will become a better student.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bao-yu drink while visiting Bao-chai?

2. Grannie Liu visits the Rong Mansion under the cover of seeing Mrs. Zhou, an old friend, but what is she really looking for?

3. Who warns Yu-cun not to arrest Xue?

4. What is the name of the summit at which the goddess leaves the extra stone?

5. What is the name of the prestigious family about which the story is told?

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