Some students arrive to the exam location early and look over materials they found online and from their own notes. Hopefully this will help them relax before the exam. (Photos: Qilu Evening News)

Students review for the exam under some trees.

A mother speaks to her child before he goes to the exam room.

Parents anxiously watch, pray and wait expectantly as their children enter the exam room and take the test.

Parents wait for their children outside the exam rooms.

Parents wait for their children outside the exam rooms.