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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ye Pan?
(a) A puppeteer Hong meets.
(b) The official overseeing the exams.
(c) The man who is sharing Hong and Chen's quarters.
(d) The man to whom Hong must deliver a letter.

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

3. What does Chen need that was difficult to get?
(a) Money to pay for the examination.
(b) A certification as to his schooling.
(c) A recommendation from someone with a good reputation.
(d) Nothing.

4. What do Hong and Lu think is unlikely?
(a) That they will find a girl willing to come to a tiny village.
(b) That either boy will return.
(c) That Hong will pass the exams.
(d) That Chen will return to his native village.

5. Where do Hong and Chen go after stopping in Wuhan?
(a) They stay in Wuhan for more exams.
(b) Juijiang.
(c) They return to Chongqing.
(d) They return home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a grocer advise Chen after the second session of exams?

2. What is Chen able to do that surprises the Magistrate?

3. What right does Chen earn?

4. What does Shen praise in his talk with Chen?

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

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