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

2. Who sends Yu-cun to the capitol with his daughter Dai-yu?
(a) Lin Ru-hai.
(b) Din-kun.
(c) Bao-lin.
(d) Bao-chai.

3. Why is the headmaster going on leave?
(a) To meet the Jia family.
(b) To attend business.
(c) To take vacation.
(d) He is ill.

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

5. 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 angrily hushes him.
(c) She quietly tells him not to worry about it.
(d) She confronts the servant herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who interrupts Bao-yu's visit with Bao-chai in Chapter 8?

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

3. Who performs Disenchantment's A Dream of Golden Days for Bao-yu?

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

5. Of whom does Bao-yu dream?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are Bao-yu's father's sentiments about Bao-yu depicted in Chapter 9?

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

4. Describe Bao-yu's relationship to alcohol in Chapter 8.

5. Is the fact that Dai-yu is offered flowers last in Chapter 7 a reasonable reflection of her status in the house at that time?

6. Discuss briefly the ways in which Dai-yu's personality is developed during her first days in the Jia household.

7. What does the story of Ying-lian and Feng Yuan suggest about the role of fate and karma in the world of the novel?

8. Why would Dai-yu find it strange that Xi-feng appears to be in charge of household affairs?

9. Why does Vanitas change his name to Brother Amor?

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

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