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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a xiuxi?
(a) Calligraphy.
(b) Vase.
(c) Chinese rest time in the afternoon.
(d) Special salad.

2. What was Master Liang's nickname for Salzman?
(a) Big Bear.
(b) Little Tiger.
(c) Foreign Devil.
(d) Laughing Mark.

3. What was the temperature when Salzman arrived in Changsha in Chapter "Arriving"?
(a) 97 degrees.
(b) 75 degrees.
(c) 54 degrees.
(d) 81 degrees.

4. What did Pan ask Salzman at the end of his martial arts routine?
(a) If he wanted to sit down.
(b) If he knew about the movie King Kong.
(c) If he could "eat bitter."
(d) If he could teach his students English.

5. Who was Mr. Gong?
(a) Plumber.
(b) Medical doctor.
(c) Salzman's teacher of Cantonese.
(d) Fisherman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Salzman say he and Pan did most of the time in their first weeks of lessons together?

2. What did Master Liang say about Salzman's eyes?

3. What did a Chinese-style breakfast consist of that Salzman ate when he traveled by train to South Central China?

4. What did the student from Sudan complain about to Bill and Salzman?

5. What did Old Ding and his brothers give to Salzman when they brought him ashore after his first visit with them?

(see the answer key)

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