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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Ni Fenglin?
(a) A corrupt official.
(b) The head examiner.
(c) The palace chatelaine.
(d) The head of the Imperial guards.

3. What is Meng's occupation?
(a) Librarian.
(b) Scribe.
(c) Alchemist and scientist.
(d) Soldier.

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

5. Why does Hong shake his walking stick at two men?
(a) They are threatening a young woman.
(b) They want Chen's robes.
(c) They want to rob him for food.
(d) They are threatening an elderly woman.

6. What does General Ma want Hong to do?
(a) Go back to his village and recruit others.
(b) Accompany Chen to Beijing and recruit there.
(c) Become a soldier.
(d) Become a scout.

7. How does Chen calm himself as he prepares to take the exam?
(a) By meditation.
(b) By pacing.
(c) By methodically preparing his ink and brushes.
(d) By repeating a mantra.

8. What do the two men who corner Hong demand?
(a) The last question on the examinaiton.
(b) To know what Tang said to him.
(c) His money.
(d) The name of his teacher.

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

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

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

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

13. Why does Chen meet secretly with Yuying?
(a) Because of Meng's jealousy.
(b) Because Meng has forbidden any contact with Yuying.
(c) He does not meet in secret with Yuying.
(d) Because Yuying is a wanted man.

14. What do Hong and Chen travel on towards Beijing?
(a) The Yangtze River.
(b) A dusty road.
(c) The Great Wall.
(d) The Grand Canal.

15. What is Chen offered after his examinations?
(a) A number of official positions.
(b) A position in the Emperor's library.
(c) Two thousand gold pieces.
(d) The governship of a province.

Short Answer Questions

1. What exam determines the final rankings?

2. Who is Meng Dafu?

3. What does the municipal examination do?

4. What do three scholars want to do with Chen?

5. Why is Hong tortured?

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