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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long was the sword blade that Salzman used to practice The Drunken Sword?
(a) Forty inches.
(b) Twelve inches.
(c) Thirty-six inches.
(d) Twenty inches.

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

3. What was Master Liang's nickname for Salzman?
(a) Foreign Devil.
(b) Laughing Mark.
(c) Little Tiger.
(d) Big Bear.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color scarf was Little Mil wearing when she first met Salzman?

2. What did Bill see in Africa when he was sitting on a truck with the words "My friend, it is not beautiful"?

3. What occupation did Little Mi have?

4. What did Salzman kill with a dictionary?

5. What did the mother of the short man bring to him while he was in jail?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Little Mi have a moment of freedom at the end of her bicycle ride back to the hospital?

2. How did Salzman get his medical students to learn through acting skits?

3. Why did Salzman bring a dead rat to the Rat Collection Office?

4. What did Little Mi's relative tell Salzman about her?

5. Why did Salzman assign co-ed skits to his 1983 English Medical Students class?

6. Describe Little Mi and Salzman's reaction to her.

7. How did Salzman stab himself in the thigh with his sword?

8. Why did Salzman think Master Liang was angry when they first met?

9. What did the student from Sudan complain about regarding his experience living in China?

10. What did Pan offer to Salzman toward the end of his stay in China?

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