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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 threatens Shuyu.
(d) He refuses to sleep with her.

2. Although Manna is lying, what is Commissar Wei's response to her claim of reading Russian novels?
(a) He praises her taste.
(b) He changes the subject.
(c) He criticizes her taste.
(d) He is silent.

3. What does Commissar Wei ask the hospital to recommend for him?
(a) A nurse or doctor to marry.
(b) An apartment to rent in Muji City.
(c) A good movie.
(d) A good medicine for back pain.

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

5. On the hospital camp-and-field training, what does Lin do to help Manna and the other nurses when they stop for the night?
(a) He helps convince a commander to let them go home.
(b) He gives them advice.
(c) He brings them clean clothes.
(d) He treats their blistered feet.

6. What does Liang Meng give as his reason for staying in Muji City for the summer?
(a) To get medical care.
(b) To visit Lin.
(c) To take wood carving classes.
(d) To experience exciting city life.

7. Why does Haiyan think Lin refuses to take the opportunity to use her sister's house?
(a) Because he doesn't want to get Manna pregnant.
(b) Because he doesn't like Haiyan's sister's house.
(c) Because he doesn't love Manna enough.
(d) Because he is afraid of getting caught.

8. Why must Lin accompany Manna and Liang Meng's meeting at the hospital?
(a) To sabotage their relationship.
(b) To encourage conversation.
(c) To protect Manna.
(d) To chaperone.

9. When Ran Su is cautioning Lin about his relationship with Mann, what does he mean by "abnormal" relationship?
(a) Abusive.
(b) Platonic.
(c) Sexual.
(d) Polygamist.

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

11. When Lin and Manna break up, what does Lin do to occupy his time?
(a) Daydream.
(b) Pursue other women.
(c) Recatologue medical records.
(d) Write letters to his wife.

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

13. What do the villagers in Goose Village think of Shuyu?
(a) She is a bad mother.
(b) She is perfect.
(c) She is unfaithful.
(d) She is rude.

14. What American poet does Commissar Wei recommend to Manna?
(a) Allen Ginsberg.
(b) Robert Frost.
(c) Sylvia Plath.
(d) Walt Whitman.

15. 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?
(a) Heartbroken.
(b) Lazy.
(c) Busy.
(d) Ashamed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lie does Manna write in a letter to Liang Meng that scares him off?

2. What does Manna compare herself to at the prospect of her engagement to Commissar Wei?

3. What happens to Lin's weight when he falls ill with tuberculosis?

4. What does Ren ask Lin to bring home from the hospital to help his son's stomach?

5. Who is Lin's new roommate when he gets tuberculosis?

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