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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Chen ask Shen Ding one night?
(a) If he wants to marry soon.
(b) What he will do if he cannot become a top scholar.
(c) If he tried to bribe the examiners.
(d) If his family is poor.

3. Who does Bao ask to change Hong's mind?
(a) Tia.
(b) The village monk.
(c) The village mayor.
(d) Chen.

4. In what province do Lao Chen and Lao Hong live?
(a) Jiangsu.
(b) Sichuan.
(c) Shaanix.
(d) Hunan.

5. What does Shen Ding's note to Chen say?
(a) He wants Chen to write him.
(b) He does not leave a note.
(c) It says Ding thinks Chen cheated.
(d) An apology.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hong doing while Chen participates in the banquet ceremonies?

2. Who is Lin Shi?

3. What does Lin Shi decide Hong and Chen are doing?

4. Why are Chen and Hong in the custody of the magistrate?

5. Who is Gao Shi?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Shen Ding advise Chen to do on the last day of the exam, what does Chen decide to do and why?

2. Give a brief description of the two boys, Lao Hong and Lao Chen.

3. What did Chen need in order to take the first examination and how did he get it?

4. Where and with whom do the boys live, and why is their life style less than it should be?

5. What test taker treats the brothers to tea and what does he tell Chen about the examination?

6. What does Shen Ding explain to Chen about the grading of the exams?

7. What talent does Chen have and at what age does this talent show?

8. How does Chen figure out that Shen Ding tried to ruin Chen's chances at passing the exam?

9. How does Hong's match turn out?

10. Who has tutored Chen and what type of examinations has he passed at the beginning of the book? What is he now called in China?

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