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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 visits Aroma's home with Bao-yu?
(a) Yu-chun.
(b) Tealeaf.
(c) Qin-shi.
(d) Patience.
2. Who calls for Bao-yu to tell the boy he is to be moved in with the girls?
(a) Jia Zheng.
(b) Xi-feng.
(c) Grandmother Jia.
(d) Aroma.
3. Xi-feng's infant daughter becomes ill with _____.
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Chickenpox.
(c) Typhoid.
(d) Scarlet fever.
4. As Bao-yu, Xi-feng, and Qin Zhong talk during Chapter 14, what do they learn has happened?
(a) Bao-yu's father has passed away.
(b) Dai-yu's mother has passed away.
(c) Qin-shi has passed away.
(d) Dai-yu's father has passed away.
5. Where does the funeral procession for Qin-shi finally arrive?
(a) The Jia house.
(b) The Temple of the Iron Threshold.
(c) The Imperial Palace.
(d) The Ning house.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who gives Bao-yu a present of romantic, sexual love stories to read?
2. How long will burial ceremonies for Qin-shi last?
3. What is Jia Rong offered immediately after there is concern about his status?
4. What wakes Xi-feng from her dream about Qin-shi?
5. Where does Xi-feng's carriage briefly stop during the funeral procession for Qin-shi?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Qin-shi's honor and devotion to family seen before she dies?
2. What does the way the Jia family undertake preparations for Yuan-chun's visit show about their character when it comes to money?
3. What can be understood from the relationship between Qin Zhong and Sappy?
4. Hypothesize as to why Bao-yu's reaction to Qin-shi's death so violent.
5. What superstition in Chapter 21 is shown to be false?
6. Why does Jia Zheng finally start to warm to Bao-yu?
7. In Chapter 20, how does Bao-yu show that he cares about Dai-yu?
8. What facets of the relationships between masters/mistresses and servants are shown in the conflict between Jia Lian, Xi-feng, and Patience?
9. How does Xiang-yun's presence lead Bao-yu to think more highly of Bao-chai?
10. How does Bao-yu show increasing maturity in his response to the quarrels among his female companions?
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