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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aunt Xue give to Zhou Rai's wife?
(a) A box of decorations for her house.
(b) A box filled with money.
(c) A box of real flowers.
(d) A box of artificial flowers.

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

3. Who does Dai-yu learn she will be living with even though it is not customary for girls to live with boys?
(a) Shi-fen.
(b) Fen-cun.
(c) Chen-li.
(d) Bao-yu.

4. Who suggests a complex plan of action to bring a satisfactory end to the whole affair over which Yu-cun is presiding?
(a) A monk.
(b) The usher.
(c) The slave girl.
(d) A Taoist.

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

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

7. What does the monk promise to do to the stone?
(a) Inscribe it.
(b) Carve it.
(c) Find it a home.
(d) Take it home.

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

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

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

11. What does the Taoist in the first chapter change his name to?
(a) Brother in Light.
(b) Writer of Love.
(c) Brother Amor.
(d) Warrior of the Sun.

12. Who calms Bao-yu down when he makes a scene after his visit with Bao-chai?
(a) Nannie Li.
(b) Aroma.
(c) Xi-feng.
(d) Bao-chai.

13. According to Jia Yu-cun and Leng Zi-xing, what makes a person fundamentally good or bad?
(a) The amount of money they have.
(b) Karma.
(c) Family and friends.
(d) Humors.

14. What does Aroma realize about Bao-yu as she helps him redress after his nap?
(a) He has had a night sweat.
(b) He is ice cold.
(c) He has had a sexual dream.
(d) He is shaking.

15. What job does Yu-cun learn there is a possibility of getting back?
(a) Mandarin.
(b) Chef.
(c) Servant.
(d) Accountant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which character from earlier in the book resurfaces working as a maid under the name Caltrop?

3. What does the doctor believe about his patient's prognosis at the end of Chapter 10?

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

5. Although the songs tell the story of his family's life, Bao-yu is bored and does not understand what?

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