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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose room did the runaway sleep in at the Hunan Medical College?

2. How many daughters did Master Liang have?

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

4. What did Salzman slip on when he twisted his knee during practice?

5. What was Little Mi accused of when she was in college?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Teacher Hei.

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

10. Why did Salzman kill a rat?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Salzman received numerous gifts from others during his stay in China. Identify three gifts that changed Salzman's life for the better and explain why he received them.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of Pan's final meeting with Salzman. Why did Salzman find it exhilarating? Why was Pan's gift of the sword meaningful to Salzman? Did it represent a change in they way Pan thought about his skills?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role that humor played in Salzman's experiences in China. Did he value humor in his friendships as well as in his teachers? Why did he want to see his Chinese students loosen up? Did Salzman's use of humor in his teaching methods make for a better classroom experience?

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