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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 is the palace examination?
(a) A special exam for those over 30 years of age.
(b) An exam for those who want to go into politics.
(c) A special exam for nobles.
(d) The exam taken by those who pass the municipal exam.

2. What does Chen tell Hong about the time of his captivity with the pirates?
(a) That they left him alone.
(b) That they fed him well.
(c) That they asked him to read to them.
(d) That he was sometimes beaten by the pirates.

3. On what topic is Chen's last essay?
(a) What evil exists.
(b) How to survive a journey through the country.
(c) What makes a good leader.
(d) What he has learned from his brother.

4. What happens when the ship leaves Juijiang?
(a) It runs aground.
(b) It is dead in the water as there is no breeze.
(c) It is attacked by pirates.
(d) It almost capsizes.

5. What does the municipal examination do?
(a) Gives them a way to practice.
(b) Lets them know if one understands the government.
(c) Lets them know if one is a good citizen.
(d) Weeds out all but a few hundred of the best.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will Hong learn from Tang Wangai at the tomb?

2. What position does Tang Wangai offer Chen?

3. How do Chen and Hong cross the Yellow River?

4. What does the letter that Hong delivers say?

5. Who is Meng Dafu?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens when Hong goes to deliver his letter from Ye Pan?

4. What happens when Hong visits a fortune teller?

5. What does Hong tell the pirates about the letters he carries?

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

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

8. How does Hong find information about the locusts and his village?

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

10. What does Hong do while Chen is studying?

(see the answer keys)

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