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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Bao-yu take an opportunity to go and visit at the start of Chapter 8?
(a) Precious.
(b) Dai-yu.
(c) Bao-chai.
(d) Qin Zhong.

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

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

4. Who starts school at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Bao-yu and Qin Zhong.
(b) Qin Zhong and Dai-yu.
(c) Bao-chai and Bao-yu.
(d) Dai-yu and Bao-yu.

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

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

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

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

9. What was the subject of dispute Yu-cun was set to rule over?
(a) A monk breaking celibacy.
(b) A robbery.
(c) A police killing.
(d) A slave girl.

10. Where is the party Grandmother Jia and the family held?
(a) At the Regal Greenhouse.
(b) At the Regal Theatre.
(c) At the Cherry Blossom Courtyard.
(d) At the Ning Mansion.

11. How does Jia Rui eventually die?
(a) He falls out of a second floor window.
(b) He suffers heart failure.
(c) He looks into the wrong side of the Taoist's mirror.
(d) He is stabbed by Xi-feng in a dream and never wakes up.

12. What is Dai-yu most concerned about on the first day of school?
(a) How she will be able to study and also work at the estate.
(b) Whether or not Bao-yu will bid farewell to Bao-chai also.
(c) If Bao-yu's father will also become angry with her one day.
(d) If she will fit in.

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

14. Who are the first people who come across the stone after the goddess leaves it there?
(a) A Buddhist and monk.
(b) A monk and Taoist.
(c) A monk and priest.
(d) A warrior and monk.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Jia Yu-cun and Leng Zi-xing, what makes a person fundamentally good or bad?

2. Before Bao-yu leaves for school, his father berates him for _____.

3. What does Bao-yu do when the answer from Dai-yu is "no"?

4. In order to cure Bao-yu of his lust of the mind, he is given a bride named _____.

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

(see the answer keys)

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