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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what is Lao Hong known?
(a) His sleight of hand.
(b) His fighting crickets.
(c) His comic routine.
(d) His quiet obedience.

2. How is Chen traveling?
(a) On his family's horse.
(b) A cart.
(c) On foot.
(d) On his family's mule.

3. How has Lao Chen's father lost his money?
(a) He never had much money.
(b) His second wife's family.
(c) Drinking and gambling.
(d) Bad crops several years in a row.

4. What right does Chen earn?
(a) To wear special robes and a winged cap.
(b) To teach without schooling.
(c) To negotiate his own position with the government.
(d) To go to college.

5. To what does the story flashback?
(a) To Lu's wife dying.
(b) To Bao's marriage.
(c) To Lu's marriage.
(d) To the story of how Chen is invited to take the exam.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do the two boys intend to go there?

3. What are the customs officers doing?

4. Who kills Fire Star?

5. What is the third son sometimes called?

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