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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 learn when he saw Mr. Gong and his son at the market?
(a) The son had gotten into college.
(b) The son loved to cook.
(c) The son refused to help out at home.
(d) The son had taken up sports.

2. What month was it when Salzman encountered a problem when he wanted to leave China at the beginning of the book?
(a) February.
(b) August.
(c) October.
(d) May.

3. How old was Mr. Gong's youngest son when Salzman visited him?
(a) Ten.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Eight.
(d) Twelve.

4. What did Mr. Gong's youngest son break when Salzman was at the table with him?
(a) Charcoal pencil.
(b) Dish.
(c) Tea cup.
(d) Stool.

5. How many people lived in Changsha when Salzman arrived there in the early 1980s?
(a) Two hundred thousand.
(b) More than one million.
(c) Three thousand.
(d) Five hundred thousand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the topic of the lecture Salzman gave to the doctors and teachers shortly after he arrived in Changsha?

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

3. Why couldn't Mr. Gong's youngest son go to to college?

4. What was identical about the way the cadres were dressed at the theater where the Africans performed?

5. From what part of Africa were the entertainers who performed the night Salzman arrived in Changsha?

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