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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Commissar Wei stops in Muji City on his way to which border?
(a) Chino-Tibetan.
(b) Nepal-India.
(c) Chino-Russian.
(d) Chino-Nepal.

2. What is Manna considered dangerously close to because of her age?
(a) Becoming an old maid.
(b) Getting fired from her job.
(c) Being sent to a less demanding hospital.
(d) Becoming seriously ill.

3. Where does Lin Kong's wife, Shuyu, live?
(a) Beijing.
(b) Muji City.
(c) Shanghai.
(d) Goose Village.

4. What holiday is the staff banquet celebrating at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) New Year.
(b) Mao's birthday.
(c) Christmas.
(d) National Day.

5. At the restaurant, what is Geng Yang's advice for Lin to encourage his wife to consent to a divorce?
(a) He pays Shuyu.
(b) He bribes the judge.
(c) He refuses to sleep with her.
(d) He threatens Shuyu.

6. Who is Lin's new roommate when he gets tuberculosis?
(a) Ran Su.
(b) Geng Yang.
(c) Mai Dong.
(d) Liang Meng.

7. What is Lin's observation of how Geng Yang speaks?
(a) Egotistical.
(b) Simply.
(c) Unrestrained.
(d) Eloquent.

8. For how long is Lin permitted to return home once a year?
(a) One week.
(b) Two months.
(c) Twelve days.
(d) One month.

9. What controversial items does Manna see in Lin's room?
(a) His laundry.
(b) Pictures of his family.
(c) Foreign books.
(d) A stack of journals.

10. Why does Shuyu ask to spend the night with Lin one night when he is home?
(a) She misses him when he is away.
(b) She doesn't want to share her room with their houseguests.
(c) She is afraid of the dark.
(d) She wants to give him a son.

11. While recapping her meeting with the commissar, Manna tells Lin Commissar Wei is more like a what than a warrior?
(a) Barbarian.
(b) Romantic.
(c) Scholar.
(d) Woman.

12. Since Lin thinks that his divorce is unlikely, what does he propose Manna should do?
(a) Find another boyfriend.
(b) Kill his wife.
(c) Transfer to another hospital.
(d) Wait for him.

13. What does Commissar Wei call to tell Ran Su the day after his meeting with Manna?
(a) She is incompetent and should be fired.
(b) She smells bad and should shower more.
(c) She is ugly and he doesn't want to see her again.
(d) He enjoys her and wants to keep in contact.

14. Why can't Manna be transferred to another hospital?
(a) Too many nurses are in the service.
(b) Lin convinces them not to.
(c) Manna refuses to go.
(d) She isn't talented enough.

15. What does the judge require Lin bring to him before the divorce hearing can continue?
(a) Information about Manna.
(b) Proof that Shuyu is having an affair.
(c) A letter or recommendation.
(d) A glass of water.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Lin returns to the hospital after failing to ask his wife for a divorce he tells Manna he is too what to spend time with her?

3. Early in her fixation, what deters Manna's pursuance of Lin?

4. At the holiday banquet, what does Lin warn Manna not to do so much?

5. Why does Manna squat over a bucket for so long?

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