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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 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.

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

3. To whom does Zhu Tong speak as an equal?
(a) Hong.
(b) Lu.
(c) Chen.
(d) Bao.

4. About what does Hong agree with Fei Qun?
(a) That Suzhou will be a fine place to settle.
(b) That Chen can be careless about the details of day-to-day living.
(c) The Beijing will be quite intimidating.
(d) That Chen needs to study harder.

5. Who is Lin Shi?
(a) Chen's mentor's father.
(b) The captain of the sailing vessel.
(c) An old merchant who has traveled the river for years.
(d) Hong's contact in the White Lotus in Chongqing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Chongquing?

2. What do the boys find when they arrive at Chengdu?

3. To what does the story flashback?

4. In what century is "The Examination" set?

5. What is one of the dangers of the river?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who visits Chen before he leaves and what does he ask?

2. How does Hong's match turn out?

3. How does Hong intend to help his brother Chen, and what are the names of his two crickets?

4. What concerns Hong about Chen while they are staying at Ma's home?

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

6. What happens as the brothers leave Ma's home?

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

8. What town do the brothers reach after leaving Ma's home, what do they do and of what does Hong make certain?

9. How is the truth of the brothers decided?

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

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