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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 does Yao advise Hong?
(a) To try to escape since he'll be killed anyway.
(b) To cooperate with the pirates.
(c) To give the letters to the pirates.
(d) Nothing.

2. Who does Hong visit before he leaves Beijing?
(a) Ni Fenglin.
(b) Tang Wangai.
(c) Sun Qi.
(d) Ye Pan.

3. Where has Meng Dafu gone?
(a) Beijing.
(b) Suzhao.
(c) Wuhan.
(d) Chongqing.

4. Where do Hong and Chen go after stopping in Wuhan?
(a) They return home.
(b) They return to Chongqing.
(c) They stay in Wuhan for more exams.
(d) Juijiang.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What exam determines the final rankings?

2. What does General Ma want Hong to do?

3. What happens when the ship leaves Juijiang?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Chen finally decide upon a position?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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