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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Dai-yu get upset in Chapter 7?
(a) Because Bao-yu has chosen the same time to visit Bao-chai.
(b) Because she feels she has been punished for no reason.
(c) Because she is brought the flowers last.
(d) Because Bao-yu taunts her.

3. Who does the headmaster leave in charge of the school while he is on leave?
(a) His grandson.
(b) His nephew.
(c) His niece.
(d) His daughter.

4. What do the more ill-bred students do in light of the headmaster's absence?
(a) Take the chance to skip school and invite Qin Zhong, Bao-yu, Darling, and Precious.
(b) Cheat on their exams with Dai-yu.
(c) Take the chance to pick on Qin Zhong, Bao-yu, Darling, and Precious.
(d) Take the chance to skip school.

5. Who warns Yu-cun not to arrest Xue?
(a) The usher.
(b) A monk.
(c) Lady Wang.
(d) Feng Yuan.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country is the family this story is about?

2. What does Xi-feng do when Bao-yu questions a servant at the Ning Mansion?

3. Who is suffering from a mysterious sickness at the end of Chapter 10?

4. Who forms deeps friendship with Darling and Precious?

5. What does Aunt Xue give to Zhou Rai's wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What can be understood from the events surrounding the situation at the school in regard to other school children making fun of the boys of the Jia clan?

2. How does Bao-yu use family ties to his advantage during the events at the school?

3. How does superstition appear in the events surrounding Jia Rui?

4. How is the divide between rich and poor developed in Chapter 2?

5. How does the author establish karma as a central theme in Chapter 1?

6. In what ways are fear of shame and being poor seen in Chapter 6?

7. What can we understand from Zhen Shi-yin's dream in the first chapter?

8. How does the story of Jia Rui teach a lesson about undue lust?

9. How does the connection between Bao-yu and Bao-chai deepen in Chapter 7?

10. Why does Xi-feng hush Bao-yu when he questions the drunken servant cursing the Jia family at the Ning house?

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