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

2. What was the title of the lecture Salzman gave at the college the night the runaway attends?
(a) Ten Methods For Communicating with Foreigners.
(b) Five Easy Steps for Speaking English.
(c) Tourist Attractions in America.
(d) Crime and Punishment in America.

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

4. What did the the two ex-prisoners do that landed them in jail?
(a) Robbery.
(b) They stabbed a man over a poker game.
(c) They did not pay their taxes.
(d) Public protest.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Teacher Hei's name mean?

2. What did Master Lu say when Salzman said he spoke Chinese?

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

4. What did Hei's wife knit for Salzman?

5. What secret did Teacher Hei want Salzman to keep?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Salzman like about Liang?

3. Describe how Salzman disguised himself when he brought Little Mi back to the hospital after she missed the last bus.

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

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

6. What happened when Teacher Wu and the Yale-China Field Staff Director observed Salzman's class?

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

8. What did Salzman notice about Teacher Hei's hands and eyes when they had lessons?

9. What problem did Salzman have when he tried to buy some coffee in Hangzhou?

10. Describe the mural that the artist Lu made for Salzman.

(see the answer keys)

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