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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 12 | Part 2, Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long have Lin and Shuyu been separated for at the beginning of "Waiting"?
(a) Eighteen years.
(b) Seven years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Four months.

2. What does Manna see Pingping Ma and Lin Kong doing that convinces her that they are a couple?
(a) Holding hands.
(b) Exchanging notes.
(c) Talking and laughing.
(d) Kissing.

3. When Manna thanks Lin for his help, what is his response?
(a) It is his job.
(b) He had nothing better to do.
(c) She is incapable of taking care of herself.
(d) He would do anything for her.

4. After a chief in the City Administration dies, what does Manna begin to do?
(a) Pressure Lin to divorce his wife.
(b) Take better care of her health.
(c) Take care of the chief's wife.
(d) Pursue a man who will marry her.

5. What is Lin's favorite part of visiting home?
(a) Seeing his wife.
(b) Working on the farm.
(c) Seeing his daughter.
(d) Escaping the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Haiyan think Lin refuses to take the opportunity to use her sister's house?

2. After being deployed, what does Mai Dong write to Manna to tell her?

3. After Manna wins a prize for table tennis, what does she tell Lin is her wish?

4. What is the identifying feature of the woman who Lin sleeps with in his dream?

5. If Manna's parents had lived, she thinks they could have been ________.

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