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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 253-269.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Lin Shi?
(a) An old merchant who has traveled the river for years.
(b) The captain of the sailing vessel.
(c) Hong's contact in the White Lotus in Chongqing.
(d) Chen's mentor's father.

2. Who is Zhu Tong?
(a) A retired monk.
(b) The schoolmaster in the village.
(c) A retired soldier.
(d) The provincial manager.

3. What is the name of the torture Hong endures?
(a) He is not tortured.
(b) The rack.
(c) The Thousand Cuts.
(d) The bamboo shoots.

4. What do three scholars want to do with Chen?
(a) Get him drunk and ridicule him.
(b) Get him drunk so he misses the exam.
(c) Force him to go back home.
(d) Learn from him.

5. What does the Magistrate decide to do to find out if the boys are who they say?
(a) Torture Hong.
(b) Search their belongings.
(c) Torture Chen.
(d) Quiz Chen.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Zhu Tong speak as an equal?

2. What is Hong told by the spirity of his mother?

3. What does Shen Ding's note to Chen say?

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

5. Why is General Ma disappointed with Hong?

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