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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 21-41.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does Lao Chen show a remarkable ability when very young?
(a) With poetry.
(b) With languages.
(c) With growing flowers.
(d) With music.

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

3. For what did the local schoolmaster resent Chen?
(a) His priviledged position in the village.
(b) His effortless intelligence.
(c) His popularity with the other students.
(d) The attention he garnered in Chengdu.

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

5. Where are the highest government exams taken?
(a) In each province Capitol.
(b) The imperial palace in Beijing.
(c) In one's own hometown.
(d) In the largest city of a designated area.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chen apply to do in Tianquan?

2. Who is the third son in the family?

3. Who is Bao?

4. How has Lao Chen's father lost his money?

5. In what century is "The Examination" set?

(see the answer key)

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