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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 226-253.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the boys find when they arrive at Chengdu?
(a) The city is closed due to a plague.
(b) There is no one at the gates.
(c) A long line.
(d) The soldiers are not allowing anyone else in until the next day.

2. Who is Sun Qi?
(a) A scholar there to take the examination.
(b) A magister.
(c) A Red Horseman.
(d) A servant to Wei Xi.

3. What does the magistrate say will happen the next day?
(a) The boys will be released after a messenger goes to their village.
(b) The boys will be hung.
(c) The boys will be fined and let go.
(d) The boys will be whipped publicly.

4. What is significant about the town of Qufu?
(a) The tomb of Confucius is there.
(b) Nothing.
(c) It is the last town before Beijing.
(d) It is the burial place for the Buddha.

5. Who is Wei Xi?
(a) A teacher in Beijing.
(b) The great-grandson of Confusius.
(c) The secretary who oversees the mansion and grounds dedicated to Confusius.
(d) The main examiner in Beijing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the magistrate not believe?

2. How do Chen and Hong cross the Yellow River?

3. What does Landlord Ma offer in order to convince Chen to marry his daughter?

4. How many times has Shen Ding taken the provincial exam before this time?

5. Why do Hong and Chen pour rice on the doorstep of a house?

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