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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 rumor is going around the hospital about Lin's wife?
(a) She wants to divorce him.
(b) She is having an affair with another doctor.
(c) She can't have children.
(d) She is eight years his senior.

2. What does Manna compare herself to at the prospect of her engagement to Commissar Wei?
(a) A thief.
(b) A flower in bloom.
(c) A princess.
(d) A prostitute.

3. Why can't Manna be transferred to another hospital?
(a) She isn't talented enough.
(b) Lin convinces them not to.
(c) Manna refuses to go.
(d) Too many nurses are in the service.

4. When the hospital goes to see the film, how does Manna act regarding feelings for Lin?
(a) Lin feels curious of her feelings.
(b) She keeps them a secret.
(c) She is very indiscreet.
(d) She tells him outright.

5. While recapping her meeting with the commissar, Manna tells Lin Commissar Wei is more like a what than a warrior?
(a) Scholar.
(b) Woman.
(c) Romantic.
(d) Barbarian.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the hospital camp-and-field training, what does Lin do to help Manna and the other nurses when they stop for the night?

2. What American poet does Commissar Wei recommend to Manna?

3. Why do Lin's comrades object to his long, parted in the middle hairstyle?

4. What reason does Lin give Shuyu for wanting a divorce?

5. Why does manna ask to be left behind to die during the hospital camp-and-field training?

Short Essay Questions

1. What about Lin's response to Manna's prospective engagement make him rethink his attachment?

2. Why doesn't Geng Yang cry during "The Flower Girl?" What conclusion does Manna draw about him?

3. Why does Lin think an attempt to pay Shuyu or Bensheng for a divorce would fail?

4. Since Manna and Lin broke up, what has Manna been doing to spite Lin? How does this reach its climax in Chapter 10?

5. How is Lin painted to be at fault through Chapter 9?

6. Although a relationship between Manna and Liang Meng is Lin's idea, what is his attitude? Why?

7. What makes Lin hesitate to divorce his wife?

8. When Lin shows Manna the photo of his wife and daughter, what upset does it bring to their relationship? What solace does it bring to Manna?

9. Why is Lin's response to "Leaves of Grass" peculiar to his usual tendencies towards literature?

10. How does Manna begin to advance on Lin?

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