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

2. Who did Salzman buy sheet music for when he visited the United States?
(a) Teacher who plays the violin.
(b) Professional singer.
(c) Piano music for Teacher Wei.
(d) Chamber group he is playing with.

3. What did the student from Sudan complain about to Bill and Salzman?
(a) He had trouble eating Chinese food.
(b) Africans were looked down upon by the Chinese.
(c) The beds were too short.
(d) He did not understand his teachers.

4. What illness did Little Mi suffer from?
(a) Leukemia.
(b) Bronchitis.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Strep throat.

5. How old was the runaway who showed up at the Hunan Medical College at 4:30 a.m.?
(a) Eight.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Fifteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Salzman say he drank morning, noon, and night when he went back to the United States for a visit?

2. What occupation did Master Lu have?

3. What did the runaway show Salzman on the way home from the lecture that cut his walking time in half?

4. What name did the runaway call Bill?

5. Who did Pan keep his practice of martial arts a secret from when he was young?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did April have difficulty adjusting to Salzman's class?

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

3. Describe some of the things the runaway did while he is living with Bill and Salzman.

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

5. Why did Salzman draw crowds when he and Teacher Hei went to the bicycle repair stand?

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

7. Why did Salzman kill a rat?

8. Why did Professor Jin invite Salzman to tea?

9. Describe Pan's illness and explain why he refused to stay in the hospital.

10. What did the Chinese translator who sat next to Salzman at the banquet think about Salzman's collection of books?

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