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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Salzman's parents not let him do when he became interested in Chinese culture?
(a) Drink tea.
(b) Shave his head.
(c) Learn martial arts.
(d) Learn Chinese.

2. What university did Salzman attend?
(a) Juilliard.
(b) Yale.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Harvard.

3. What word did Mr. Gong use to describe his youngest son at the end of "Myopia"?
(a) Talented.
(b) Stubborn.
(c) Mean.
(d) Foolish.

4. What problem did Salzman encounter when he tried to leave China by train at the beginning of the book?
(a) His martial arts weapons were not allowed to leave the country.
(b) He left his luggage on the train platform.
(c) His tie got stuck in the train door.
(d) He could not board the train because he lost his ticket.

5. What did Salzman find shocking about the way Changsha looked when he was riding in a van through the streets?
(a) The brightly painted houses.
(b) The beggars.
(c) The starving people.
(d) How filthy it all looked.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the temperature when Salzman arrived in Changsha in Chapter "Arriving"?

2. What made the audience roar with laughter at the end of the African performance?

3. How many people lived in Changsha when Salzman arrived there in the early 1980s?

4. Why did Salzman dislike riding the buses in Changsha?

5. Why did the musicians leave the stage halfway through a performance of a mouth harp piece?

(see the answer key)

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