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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much did Salzman pay to gain entrance to the coffee shop?
(a) Ten dollars.
(b) Six dollars.
(c) Five dollars.
(d) One dollar.

3. What was Little Mi accused of when she was in college?
(a) Studying too hard and showing off.
(b) Trying to imitate Westerners.
(c) Leading a government protest.
(d) Cheating.

4. What did the runaway show Salzman on the way home from the lecture that cut his walking time in half?
(a) Shortcut through the houses.
(b) Shortcut through the field.
(c) Path through the woods.
(d) Shortcut through a hole in the wall.

5. What was the title of the book that the Chinese gentleman borrowed from Salzman and asks to keep?
(a) Iron and Silk.
(b) The Age of Innocence.
(c) The World According to Garp.
(d) Out of Africa.

6. What did Little Mi want Salzman to do when she said "I have an idea" at the top of the bridge?
(a) Coast fast down the hill.
(b) Go for a walk around the garden at midnight.
(c) Have Salzman walk her to the door.
(d) Go out to eat.

7. How many daughters did Master Liang have?
(a) None.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

8. What job did Pan get apprenticed to when he was young?
(a) Army.
(b) Science lab.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Metal work.

9. What happened to Professor Jin at the end of the chapter named after him?
(a) He moved to another city.
(b) He died.
(c) He went into a coma.
(d) He was swamped with work and could not teach Salzman.

10. What did Master Liang say about Salzman's eyes?
(a) They both have the same color eyes.
(b) They are so bright they make him forget what he is going to say.
(c) They look so dark.
(d) They always look angry.

11. Why did Salzman choose not to travel during his winter break of his second year in China?
(a) Pan wanted script-writing lessons.
(b) The authorities restricted his travel.
(c) He didn't have enough money.
(d) To practice wushu.

12. What time was it when Little Mia realized she had missed the last bus back to Harbin?
(a) Seven p.m.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Ten p.m.
(d) Eleven p.m.

13. 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) One hundred.
(c) Seventy-five.
(d) Ten.

14. What did Master Lu say when Salzman said he spoke Chinese?
(a) No way.
(b) That's incredible.
(c) Good job.
(d) Well done.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How was the Liang family dressed the day Salzman took photographs of them in front of their apartment building?

3. How long was the sword blade that Salzman used to practice The Drunken Sword?

4. What did Salzman drive over so Little Mi would hold onto him when he was driving her back to the hospital?

5. What did the 1983 English Medical Class perform for Salzman in "Professor Jin"?

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