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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does Yao advise Hong?
(a) To give the letters to the pirates.
(b) Nothing.
(c) To cooperate with the pirates.
(d) To try to escape since he'll be killed anyway.

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

4. To what position is Wei Xi being promoted?
(a) To the Emperor's council.
(b) National Magistrate.
(c) Governor of Beijing.
(d) That of Ni Fenglin.

5. What will Hong learn from Tang Wangai at the tomb?
(a) The last question on Chen's examination.
(b) Where and when to find Ni Fenglin.
(c) Where do find General Ma.
(d) The next secret step in the White Lotus.

6. What position does Tang Wangai offer Chen?
(a) Secretary of State.
(b) Secretary of Confucius's tomb.
(c) Minister of Philosophy.
(d) Governor of his home province.

7. What happens to Hong's money?
(a) Hong drops it overboard hoping to recover it later.
(b) The pirates take it.
(c) Hong holds it in his mouth.
(d) Hong hides it in the bow.

8. Who is impressed by Chen's robes?
(a) The pirates.
(b) The Captain's daughter.
(c) The sailors.
(d) No one.

9. Who does Hong visit while Chen is doing his last exam?
(a) Yuying.
(b) Ha Wangsi.
(c) Ye Pan.
(d) Fufang.

10. Where does Hong intend to go when he leaves Beijing?
(a) To see Ye Pan.
(b) To find Yao.
(c) Back to his home village.
(d) To General Ma.

11. Who searches the passengers of the boat?
(a) The Magistrate's soldiers.
(b) Pirates.
(c) No one.
(d) The Captain.

12. What does Hong do with the letters from Ye Pan and the one from Meng Dafu?
(a) Hides them under his hat.
(b) Eats them.
(c) Burns them.
(d) Drops them overboard.

13. At what does General Ma think Hong is a natural?
(a) Warrior.
(b) Speaker.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Hunter.

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

15. Where has Meng Dafu gone?
(a) Beijing.
(b) Suzhao.
(c) Chongqing.
(d) Wuhan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Hong explain his choice to General Ma?

3. What do the two men who corner Hong demand?

4. Who is Meng Dafu?

5. Why does Hong say he cannot see Chen as a magistrate?

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