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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 the third son in the family?
(a) Lao Won.
(b) Lao Hong.
(c) Lao So.
(d) Lao Chen.

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

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 whipped publicly.
(c) The boys will be fined and let go.
(d) The boys will be hung.

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

5. How old is Lao Hong?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 5.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Daiyun upset with Chen?

2. For what did the local schoolmaster resent Chen?

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

4. What does Hong worry about as he and Chen are walking?

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

(see the answer key)

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