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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Shuyu's only request of Lin at the divorce hearing?
(a) She can keep the family cat.
(b) Lin finds Hua a husband.
(c) Lin pay her 2,000 yen a year.
(d) Hua be placed with a job.

2. Why is Lin nervous about the health of his baby when Manna goes into labor?
(a) The obstetrician is a novice.
(b) The hospital is unsanitary.
(c) They are premature.
(d) Manna has a weak heart.

3. Why is Geng Yang on TV?
(a) Because he invented a new detergent.
(b) Because he has become very rich.
(c) Because he is an actor on a show.
(d) Because he has been convicted of a crime.

4. What do the women at the hair salon say about Lin for wanting to divorce Shuyu?
(a) He is smart.
(b) He is impulsive.
(c) He is heartless.
(d) He is selfish.

5. What Makes Manna think Ran Su knows about her rape?
(a) His forced smile.
(b) He keeps asking her how she is doing.
(c) He is avoiding her.
(d) He whispers whenever she walks into the room.

6. What is Bensheng most jealous of at the end of "Waiting?"
(a) Shuyu's happiness.
(b) Manna's beauty.
(c) Hua is earning money.
(d) Lin has three children.

7. What does Lin tell Shuyu to do when he is drunk in her apartment?
(a) To go back to Goose Village.
(b) To put a log on the fire.
(c) To leave him alone,
(d) To wait for him.

8. What does Manna decide to do if she is pregnant?
(a) Have the baby and pretend Lin is the father.
(b) Kill herself.
(c) Run away to another city.
(d) Get an abortion.

9. What book does Lin give to Ran Su?
(a) "Love In The Time Of Cholera."
(b) "Around The World In Eighty Days."
(c) "Anna Karenina."
(d) "Romeo and Juliet."

10. Whose advice is it that ends up saving the twins?
(a) Hua.
(b) Ran Su.
(c) Lin.
(d) Haiyan.

11. How many days of maternity leave is Manna given?
(a) 56.
(b) 90.
(c) 30.
(d) 365.

12. Why does Manna have to leave the wedding?
(a) She feels sick.
(b) A nurse acts mean to her.
(c) She spills something on her dress.
(d) She starts to cry.

13. When does Manna realize Lin might be bored with her?
(a) He flirts with other women.
(b) She overhears a rumor.
(c) He does not care that they sleep in separate beds.
(d) He does not speak to her anymore.

14. What does Manna scream at Lin while she is in labor?
(a) "Miser!"
(b) "I love you."
(c) "I'm dying."
(d) "Thief!"

15. Why is Hua sad to be leaving Goose Village?
(a) The weather is nicer.
(b) She has to quit her job.
(c) She has friends there.
(d) He boyfriend lives there.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Manna tells Lin the truth about her rape, he is very angry at first and then becomes what?

2. What does Geng Yang do in Manna's dream?

3. What does Bensheng's donkey eat too much of that makes its stomach burst?

4. When Lin sees Manna at the mess hall for the first time in days, he sees a flicker of _______ in her face.

5. Why does Manna feel sad in the weeks following her wedding?

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