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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 8 | Part 1, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long have Lin and Shuyu been separated for at the beginning of "Waiting"?
(a) Two years.
(b) Four months.
(c) Seven years.
(d) Eighteen years.

2. What is Manna considered dangerously close to because of her age?
(a) Becoming an old maid.
(b) Being sent to a less demanding hospital.
(c) Getting fired from her job.
(d) Becoming seriously ill.

3. Why does manna ask to be left behind to die during the hospital camp-and-field training?
(a) Because she feels responsible for a patient's death.
(b) Because she is so tired.
(c) Because she is ashamed of having feelings for Lin.
(d) Because her heart is still broken by Mai Dong.

4. On the hospital camp-and-field training, what does Lin do to help Manna and the other nurses when they stop for the night?
(a) He gives them advice.
(b) He treats their blistered feet.
(c) He brings them clean clothes.
(d) He helps convince a commander to let them go home.

5. Why is Manna hesitant to pursue sleeping with Lin?
(a) Because she doesn't want to get pregnant.
(b) Because she doesn't want to manipulate Lin.
(c) Because she is a virgin.
(d) Because she may be expelled from the army.

Short Answer Questions

1. Early in her fixation, what deters Manna's pursuance of Lin?

2. If Manna's parents had lived, she thinks they could have been ________.

3. After Manna wins a prize for table tennis, what does she tell Lin is her wish?

4. Which revolutionary party is Manna interested in joining?

5. What is the identifying feature of the woman who Lin sleeps with in his dream?

(see the answer key)

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