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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. What important event happens on the day of Jia Zheng's birthday?
(a) Yuan-chun is chosen as an Imperial Concubine.
(b) Bao-yu's study is finished.
(c) Qin Zhong falls ill.
(d) Xi-feng returns home.

2. What addiction does Dai-yu discover of Bao-yu's?
(a) Sex.
(b) Food.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) A novel.

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. Who are the invitees to Bao-yu's birthday party?
(a) Boa-yu's cousins only.
(b) Friends and family only.
(c) Family members only.
(d) Servants, friends and family only.

5. Which of the following does NOT happen in the wake of Qin-shi's death?
(a) A maid kills herself.
(b) Xi-feng sees a demon.
(c) Bao-yu vomits blood.
(d) A maid offers to carry out the mourning responsibilities of a daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Jia Zheng's dislike for Bao-yu towards the end of the novel?

2. Why is Aroma upset with Bao-yu in Chapter 21?

3. What causes Qin Zhong's father to die?

4. In Xi-feng's dream, why is Qin-shi concerned about the family falling on hard times?

5. Who calls for Bao-yu to tell the boy he is to be moved in with the girls?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the relationship between Bao-yu and his servants developed in the events after Yuan-chun's visit?

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

4. How does Bao-yu show increasing maturity in his response to the quarrels among his female companions?

5. For what reason(s) might Bao-yu have become discontented living in the Prospect Garden?

6. Why do the children move into the Prospect Garden?

7. In Chapter 20, how does Bao-yu show that he cares about Dai-yu?

8. How does Patience show her loyalty to Xi-feng in Chapter 16?

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

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

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