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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many peasants stood waiting at the train station with Salzman the day he met two men just out of jail?
(a) At least fifty.
(b) Seventy-five.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Ten.

2. What did the Provincial Foreign Affairs Bureau arrange as a celebration for all the foreigners living and working in Hanan on October 1?
(a) Slide show of Hanan gardens.
(b) Bus rides to a tourist attraction.
(c) Martial arts exhibit.
(d) Banquet.

3. Whose room did the runaway sleep in at the Hunan Medical College?
(a) Mark's.
(b) Bob's.
(c) Marcy's.
(d) Bill's.

4. What did Bill see in Africa when he was sitting on a truck with the words "My friend, it is not beautiful"?
(a) Big rain cloud.
(b) Dust storm.
(c) Vultures flying above him.
(d) Dancers coming his way.

5. What did Teacher Wu give to Salzman during his class with the 1983 English Medical students?
(a) Invitation.
(b) Permission slip.
(c) Paycheck.
(d) Information about Chinese requirements for teaching.

6. Who accidentally pierced a dog's heart with a lab needle?
(a) Hai Bin.
(b) Salzman.
(c) Little Guo.
(d) Teacher Wei.

7. What did Lenny say in class the day Teacher Wu and the Yale-China Field Staff Director visited Salzman's class?
(a) "Give me money or give me death."
(b) "I want to eat your heart and drink your blood."
(c) He sang the Chinese National Anthem.
(d) He recited the Twelve Be's and Don't Be's.

8. What did Salzman bring to the coffee shop the second time he went there?
(a) Money.
(b) Cream and sugar.
(c) Travel mug.
(d) Napkins.

9. What comparison did Little Mi make about Chinese parents and their children?
(a) Children are like furniture.
(b) Children are like flowers.
(c) Children are like exotic animals.
(d) Children are like pests.

10. What did the runaway think Hong King was like?
(a) A small town.
(b) A big department store.
(c) A sports arena.
(d) The name of a ship.

11. What injury did Salzman do to himself while practicing The Drunken Sword?
(a) Knocked himself unconscious.
(b) Stabed himself in the thigh.
(c) Broke his toe.
(d) Bruised his hip.

12. What was the service person reading when Salzman wanted to enter the coffee shop?
(a) English novel.
(b) Comic book.
(c) Romance.
(d) Mystery.

13. What did Master Liang ask Salzman to do with the photograph of him?
(a) Sign it.
(b) Edit it to give him hair.
(c) Send it to a magazine.
(d) Send it back to him in China.

14. Where did Pan plan to bring his athletes in "Don't You Know It's Snowing?"
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) Hunan Province Competition.
(c) Beijing for a holiday.
(d) National Competition.

15. Which of Salzman's students was too shy to have her picture taken and hid behind a tree?
(a) Sarah.
(b) April.
(c) Juliet.
(d) Hannah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the runaway steal from the common room in Salzman's apartment?

2. What did Little Mi tell Salzman about how his lectures made his students feel?

3. What type of martial arts did Master Liang teach Salzman?

4. What time was it when Little Mia realized she had missed the last bus back to Harbin?

5. When Salzman returned to the United States for a visit, where did he practice wushu?

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