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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of musical instrument did Salzman play while in China?
(a) Cello.
(b) Clarinet.
(c) Violin.
(d) Trumpet.

2. Why did the musicians leave the stage halfway through a performance of a mouth harp piece?
(a) The audience was talking, walking around, and spitting loudly.
(b) The audience left.
(c) Musician got sick suddenly.
(d) The curtain dropped unexpectedly.

3. Who ate the duck dinner that Teacher Zhu described in Salzman's class?
(a) Teacher Zhang.
(b) Teacher Zhu's wife.
(c) Fatty Du.
(d) Teacher Zhu.

4. What made the audience roar with laughter at the end of the African performance?
(a) Communist jokes.
(b) The curtain came down on a cadre's head and knocked off his cap.
(c) Drunken dancer.
(d) Disco lights.

5. Who only kissed his young daughters at night when they were asleep?
(a) Pan.
(b) Dr. Nei.
(c) Comrade Yu.
(d) Teacher Liu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem did Salzman encounter when he tried to leave China by train at the beginning of the book?

2. What did Old Sheep usually like to talk about with Salzman after she greeted him in the morning?

3. What did Old Sheep wear over her hair when she was working?

4. What occupation did Comrade M have before her death?

5. Whose grave sites did Salzman visit in Changsha?

(see the answer key)

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