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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. Who is Wei Xi?
(a) The main examiner in Beijing.
(b) The great-grandson of Confusius.
(c) The secretary who oversees the mansion and grounds dedicated to Confusius.
(d) A teacher in Beijing.

2. What is significant about the town of Qufu?
(a) The tomb of Confucius is there.
(b) It is the burial place for the Buddha.
(c) Nothing.
(d) It is the last town before Beijing.

3. What is the name of the torture Hong endures?
(a) The bamboo shoots.
(b) The Thousand Cuts.
(c) He is not tortured.
(d) The rack.

4. What kind of format is the final exam?
(a) It is done by short answers.
(b) Very unstructured.
(c) Very precise structure.
(d) It is a multiple choice exam.

5. How is Hong dressed as he rides to the ceremonial tomb?
(a) As a scholar.
(b) As a Buddhist monk.
(c) As a pilgrim.
(d) As a soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the sailing vessel that Hong and Chen are traveling go?

2. What do the two men who corner Hong demand?

3. What does General Ma want Hong to do?

4. Who is Meng Dafu?

5. What happens when the ship leaves Juijiang?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the examination in Beijing going to be?

2. What happens as Hong is with the army about Wang Chih and the outpost where he was held?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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