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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 196-226.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ye Pan?
(a) The official overseeing the exams.
(b) The man who is sharing Hong and Chen's quarters.
(c) A puppeteer Hong meets.
(d) The man to whom Hong must deliver a letter.

2. What happens when the ship leaves Juijiang?
(a) It runs aground.
(b) It almost capsizes.
(c) It is attacked by pirates.
(d) It is dead in the water as there is no breeze.

3. What are the customs officers doing?
(a) Taking valuables from the new arrivals.
(b) Turning away any families with small children.
(c) Turning away any families with elderly people.
(d)

4. What has Bao taken upon herself to do?
(a) Care for her father and brothers.
(b) Send Chen to Hunan.
(c) Find a husband for her younger sister.
(d) Find a wife for Chen.

5. Why doesn't Lao Hong give some of his prize money to his father?
(a) He hates his father.
(b) He wants to help his brother with the money.
(c) He does give some of the prize money to his father.
(d) His father said he does not want the money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is each exam copied by a scribe before being given to the examiners?

2. What does Hong do with the letters from Ye Pan and the one from Meng Dafu?

3. What does Chen tell Hong about the time of his captivity with the pirates?

4. Who is Gao Shi?

5. What is Shen Ding's reply?

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