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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are Hong and Chen housed in Beijing?
(a) An old widow's home.
(b) A small inn near the edge of the city.
(c) A village with other scholars.
(d) In a tent in a field outside of the city.

2. What is Chen able to do that surprises the Magistrate?
(a) Quote literature passages from memory.
(b) Write a haiku poem in less than a minute.
(c) Write calligraphy.
(d) Add large sums of money in his head.

3. What does Lin Shi decide Hong and Chen are doing?
(a) Being adventurous to see the world.
(b) Looking for treasure.
(c) Going east to fight Japanese pirates.
(d) Running away from home.

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

5. What does Landlord Ma offer in order to convince Chen to marry his daughter?
(a) Prestige.
(b) Access to a huge library.
(c) Land.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Magistrate decide to do to find out if the boys are who they say?

2. What does Chen worry about concerning the customs officers?

3. What do Hong and Chen do in Chongqing?

4. Why are Chen and Hong in the custody of the magistrate?

5. What does Lin Shi refuse to believe?

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