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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 143-164.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many times has Shen Ding taken the provincial exam before this time?
(a) 4.
(b) 0.
(c) 6.
(d) 1.

3. What does the magistrate not believe?
(a) That the boys are going to Beijing.
(b) That Chen is a scholar.
(c) That Hong is a soldier.
(d) That Hong is a scholar.

4. What does Hong learn about Ye Pan?
(a) He makes his own puppets.
(b) He is a barber.
(c) He passed the exams at the top of his class.
(d) He lives very near their own village.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About what is Chen thinking as he returns to his home?

2. What do Hong and Chen do in Chongqing?

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

4. What do the boys find when they arrive at Chengdu?

5. What does Chen apply to do in Tianquan?

(see the answer key)

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