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

2. Why does Manna throw a temper tantrum while Lin is cooking dinner?
(a) He is talking too much.
(b) She does not like the taste.
(c) He burned the rice.
(d) He made too much.

3. What does Lin compare the box at the bottom of Manna's closet to?
(a) Jewelry box.
(b) Cinerary casket.
(c) Suitcase.
(d) Religious artifact.

4. Who is the obstetrician who delivers Manna's twins?
(a) Lin.
(b) Mrs. Su.
(c) Haiyan.
(d) Ran Su.

5. What is the subject of the class that Lin teaches orderly nurses?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Language.
(d) Pharmaceutical.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the orderlies ask Lin to teach the class?

2. Why won't Mrs. Su attend the wedding?

3. How does Lin feel about his inevitable divorce as the court date arrives?

4. Why does Lin go to visit Hua and Shuyu at the match plant?

5. How does Geng Yang look on television?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Manna wish she had a daughter like Hua?

2. Is Shuyu simple-minded?

3. Do people in the hospital view Shuyu as a joke?

4. Why does Lin want Shuyu and Hua to have urban residential status?

5. Why does Lin think he and Manna shouldn't make love so much?

6. Why is Hua not difficult to convince to go to Muji City?

7. How do Manna's worst fears appear to be coming true in Chapter 11?

8. Is Lin secretive?

9. In Chapter 9, how does Lin prove not to be as cold to his family as he originally felt?

10. Is Manna the type of lover Lin predicted?

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