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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 83-103.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are Chen and Hong in the custody of the magistrate?
(a) He is suspicious of Chen being a charlaton.
(b) He thinks the letter Hong is carrying is about treason.
(c) Someone said the boys were taking rice out of the paddies.
(d) He thinks the letter Chen is carrying is about treason.

2. Why is Bao angry with Hong?
(a) For refusing to meet the bride she has found for him.
(b) For working so hard in the rice paddies.
(c) For being disrespectful to the elderly neighbor.
(d) For not giving his father any of his winnings.

3. What does Chen decide about Confucius?
(a) He would not sit for these exams.
(b) He would not approve of trying to bribe someone.
(c) He would not pass these exams.
(d) He would think bribing is acceptable.

4. About what does Hong agree with Fei Qun?
(a) That Chen needs to study harder.
(b) The Beijing will be quite intimidating.
(c) That Chen can be careless about the details of day-to-day living.
(d) That Suzhou will be a fine place to settle.

5. What does Hong agree to do?
(a) Stop working in the rice paddies.
(b) Try to a position as a government employee.
(c) Give their father a small amount from his winnings.
(d) Meet with the girl Bao has picked for him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the boys find when they arrive at Chengdu?

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

4. Why is Lu angry?

5. What has Chen done as a result of his mother's tutelage?

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