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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. How does Hong explain his choice to General Ma?
(a) That Hong wishes to become a sailor.
(b) That Hong owes his father to return to the village.
(c) That Hong has to help Chen get to Beijing.
(d) That Hong wishes to see Beijing before anything else.

2. How does Chen feel about his ranking?
(a) Angry.
(b) Not surprised.
(c) Amazed.
(d) Disappointed.

3. To what position is Wei Xi being promoted?
(a) National Magistrate.
(b) That of Ni Fenglin.
(c) Governor of Beijing.
(d) To the Emperor's council.

4. What does Hong say he will consider?
(a) Helping Chen to find a safe way to Beijing and then returning to Ma.
(b) Returning to General Ma and becoming a soldier.
(c) Returning to his village to recruit.
(d) Carrying dangerous letters to Beijing.

5. Where does the sailing vessel that Hong and Chen are traveling go?
(a) Changong.
(b) Wuhan.
(c) Beijing.
(d) Hunan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hong told by the spirity of his mother?

2. Who is impressed by Chen's robes?

3. Why is Chen torn over the last question?

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

5. What do Hong and Chen travel on towards Beijing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens with Hong after he receives the message from Tang?

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

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

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

5. What does Hong do while Chen is studying?

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

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

8. How does Chen answer the final question on the examination, and why is troubled by it?

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

10. What happens when Hong visits a fortune teller?

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