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Waiting Study Guide

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by Ha Jin
About 67 pages (20,196 words)
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Part 2, Chapter 11 Summary

Lin returns to find Manna aged dramatically. She is miserable, withdrawn, and unkempt, seemingly caring about nothing. He knows something has happened but she denies it and avoids him. Finally, she tells him that Geng Yang raped her, apologizing for going to his room and asking him to forgive her. When Lin doesn't respond, she becomes angry, shouting at him and accusing him of thinking her cheap because she is no longer a virgin, blaming him for telling Geng Yang that she was. Lin tells her he is so dazed, he cannot think. Because there are others about, they agree to meet that evening.

As the day progresses, Lin becomes increasingly angry with himself, knowing that if he had married or been engaged to Manna, this would not have happened. He feels.....

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