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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 65-83.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Bao?
(a) Chen's grandmother.
(b) Chen's youngest sister.
(c) Chen's neighbor.
(d) Chen's older sister.

2. About what is Chen thinking as he returns to his home?
(a) The test coming up next December.
(b) Books and poetry.
(c) Staying afloat on the water.
(d) He is sleeping.

3. What does Hong worry about as he and Chen are walking?
(a) The many old men and women who are beggars.
(b) Whether Chen will listen to him.
(c) The many soldiers on the road.
(d) The locusts he sees on the crops.

4. What did Lao Chen learn by age four?
(a) To play the guzheng.
(b) To write perfect haiku.
(c) To play the ruan.
(d) More Chinese characters than most adults ever learn.

5. Where is the person to get the letter living?
(a) Weng.
(b) Chezong.
(c) Beijing.
(d) Suzhou.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Lao Chen show a remarkable ability when very young?

2. What do Hong and Lu think is unlikely?

3. How old is Lao Hong?

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

5. In what province do Lao Chen and Lao Hong live?

(see the answer key)

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