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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. One day, Bao-yu wakes with a feeling of _____________ that will not go away.
(a) Anger.
(b) Self pity.
(c) Discontentment.
(d) Excitement.

2. What character does one of the child actors look like?
(a) Bao-chai.
(b) Xi-feng.
(c) Aroma.
(d) Dai-yu.

3. Who is Yuan-chun overjoyed to see when she comes to see the garden?
(a) Jia Rong.
(b) Dai-yu.
(c) Bao-yu.
(d) Jia Zheng.

4. What kind of party does Grandmother Jia decide to hold?
(a) A poetry party.
(b) A riddle party.
(c) A poet naming party.
(d) A choir party.

5. Where does Yuan-chun order that the girls of the house and Bao-yu be allowed to live?
(a) The Prospect Garden
(b) The Cherry Blossom Garden.
(c) The Peachtree Court,
(d) The refinished farmhouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aroma urge Bao-yu to stop eating?

2. For what does Yuan-chun request octets be written?

3. During what time will Bao-yu be allowed to live with the girls?

4. It is Yuan-chun's hope that this move to live with the girls _____.

5. In her anger at Bao-yu, what does Dai-yu cut up?

Short Essay Questions

1. Hypothesize as to why Bao-yu's reaction to Qin-shi's death so violent.

2. How does the family express their bereavement of and Qin-shi's death to the public?

3. What is Shui Rong's impression of Bao-yu?

4. Why does Jia Zheng finally start to warm to Bao-yu?

5. Why is Dai-yu overcome with grief as she listens to the words of the actresses rehearsing in the garden?

6. What can be understood from the relationship between Qin Zhong and Sappy?

7. In what ways are Bao-yu's intellectual abilities displayed in the events surrounding Yuan-chun's visit?

8. Why does Aroma manipulate Bao-yu in Chapter 19?

9. What does Bao-yu add to the book he is reading, and how does Dai-yu respond?

10. Discuss Yuan-chun's reaction upon her first visit home.

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