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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. About what are Hong and Chen warned?
(a) Bandits in the area around Manju.
(b) Traveling through the flooded regions.
(c) The magistrate in Manju.
(d) The treacherous river currents.

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

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

4. Why is Hong tortured?
(a) He is captured by the Emperor's forces.
(b) He tried to protect Chen.
(c) He tells them nothing about his letters or the White Lotus.
(d) He angers the pirate leader.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where has Meng Dafu gone?

3. How is Hong tortured?

4. Who is Wei Xi?

5. How does Hong get the message from Tang?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is General Ma disappointed about Hong and what does he invite Hong to do?

3. How did Chen do on the examination, what is he called and who gives him his diploma?

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

5. Where do the brothers finally stop after the Yellow River plain and where do they stay there?

6. Where does the boat stop and Chen looks for Meng Dafu? What do the brothers do after that?

7. What happens when Hong visits a fortune teller?

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

9. What is available to Chen for a position, what is he considering and how does Hong feel about Chen making up his mind?

10. How is Hong going to get a message from Tang Wangai?

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