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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hong expected to do if he is caught on a mission for the White Lotus?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Tell them misleading information.
(c) Kill the arresting officers.
(d) Kill himself.

2. What does the ship do in its next port?
(a) Dry dock to fix a leak.
(b) Change sails.
(c) Take on several new passengers.
(d) Take on cargo.

3. Who is Wei Xi?
(a) A teacher in Beijing.
(b) The main examiner in Beijing.
(c) The great-grandson of Confusius.
(d) The secretary who oversees the mansion and grounds dedicated to Confusius.

4. Of what is Hong reminded before he leaves Bejing?
(a) His part in the assassination.
(b) The secret rites of White Lotus.
(c) His duty to White Lotus.
(d) Nothing.

5. How is Hong tortured?
(a) Broken fingers.
(b) The rack.
(c) Bamboo Shoots.
(d) The Thousand Cuts.

6. Where do the brothers go after failing to find Meng Dafu?
(a) Juijiang.
(b) Suzhao.
(c) Shenzhan.
(d) Wuhan.

7. What kind of format is the final exam?
(a) It is done by short answers.
(b) Very precise structure.
(c) It is a multiple choice exam.
(d) Very unstructured.

8. How many parts does the exam in Beijing have?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

9. Why do the two men leave Hong?
(a) They can find no note.
(b) They see someone who looks more suspicious.
(c) He has no money.
(d) They are convinced he is just a monk.

10. Why do Hong and Chen pour rice on the doorstep of a house?
(a) To keep the men inside from stealing from the women.
(b) To feed several young children.
(c) As a peace offering.
(d) To keep the evil spirits inside.

11. What does Chen tell Hong about the time of his captivity with the pirates?
(a) That they fed him well.
(b) That they left him alone.
(c) That he was sometimes beaten by the pirates.
(d) That they asked him to read to them.

12. Why do Hong and Chen leave in haste for Beijing?
(a) Meng wishes them to take a letter that needs to arrive quickly.
(b) The river is flooded and it will be slow going.
(c) The exams have been moved up.
(d) Yuying takes offense and tells her father.

13. How does Chen feel about his ranking?
(a) Angry.
(b) Not surprised.
(c) Disappointed.
(d) Amazed.

14. On what topic is Chen's last essay?
(a) How to survive a journey through the country.
(b) What he has learned from his brother.
(c) What evil exists.
(d) What makes a good leader.

15. Who is Meng Dafu?
(a) Hong's contact in Wuhan.
(b) The captain of the new vessel they board.
(c) Hong's contact in Beijing.
(d) The person Chen is to deliver his letter to in Wuhan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the White Lotus plan to do concerning Ni Fenglin?

2. About what are Hong and Chen warned?

3. What position does Tang Wangai offer Chen?

4. What does the letter that Hong delivers say?

5. Where does Hong put the letters he has?

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