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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. Why does Hong decide he can now leave his brother?
(a) Chen is getting married.
(b) Hong is going to get married.
(c) He is old enough to be on his own.
(d) His examinations are finished.

2. What is Chen's rank on the next to the last examination?
(a) Second.
(b) Fifth.
(c) Third.
(d) Fourth.

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

4. Who gives most of the scholars of the final exam their diplomas?
(a) The Security Minister.
(b) The Minister of Education.
(c) The Minister of Rites.
(d) The Emperor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the torture Hong endures?

2. Why do the two men leave Hong?

3. Who is the highest ranking minister below the emperor?

4. Who does Hong visit while Chen is doing his last exam?

5. What does Hong do as Chen is studying?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Chen is invited out by three other scholars?

2. Why do the brothers stop in Qufu and who do they meet there? What does he ask them to do?

3. What does Hong agree to do with Yao, and what does he insist on first? How do the boys carry out Hong's desire?

4. What do the brothers decide to do when they leave the army, who do they meet and how does Chen feel about him?

5. How does Chen finally decide upon a position?

6. Where is Hong taken by the pirates, who does he meet and what does that person tell him?

7. What does Chen do that ends his friendship with Yuying and what does she do about it?

8. Where does Hong go when he escapes the pirates and who helps him?

9. What do the river pirates do when they board the boat?

10. How is Chen feeling when he starts his examination in Beijing and how does he feel at the end of it?

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