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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the purpose of the newspaper article about Lin and Shuyu's divorce hearing?
(a) To add to the statistics of divorce in China.
(b) To support Lin's decision.
(c) To discourage Lin from continuing.
(d) To criticize the judge.

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

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

4. Lin's roles as an officer and doctor make him what kind of a man?
(a) Rational.
(b) Passionate.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Diligent.

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

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

7. Why does Manna squat over a bucket for so long?
(a) To prevent pregnancy.
(b) She is cold.
(c) Her back is sore.
(d) She is constipated.

8. Why does Geng Yang think Lin should sleep with Manna?
(a) For enjoyment.
(b) To have a child.
(c) To motivate himself to divorce Shuyu.
(d) To make Manna undesirable to other men.

9. Where did Manna Wu's parents die?
(a) Muji City.
(b) Tibet.
(c) Shanghai.
(d) In their home.

10. What unnerves Manna about Geng Yang when she sees him at the bus stop?
(a) His grin.
(b) His flirtatious attitude.
(c) His quietness.
(d) His clothing.

11. What is the difference between Lin's side of the room and his roommates' side?
(a) His roommates have no books.
(b) His roommates are very messy.
(c) His roommates have news clippings on their walls.
(d) His roommates have photos of celebrities on their walls.

12. What happens to Lin's weight when he falls ill with tuberculosis?
(a) Nothing.
(b) He gains 20 pounds.
(c) He loses 20 pounds.
(d) It fluctuates unpredictably.

13. After Lin's father dies, how do his feelings about his wife and marriage change?
(a) He no longer needs to be married to Shuyu.
(b) He realizes life is short and he wants to stay with his wife.
(c) He should remain married out of respect for his parents.
(d) He realizes life is short and he should live how he wants.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lin's favorite part of visiting home?

2. What is Commissar Wei's reason for wanting to discontinue his relationship with Manna?

3. Why does the audience cry during "The Flower Girl"?

4. What reason does Lin give Shuyu for wanting a divorce?

5. What do the villagers in Goose Village think of Shuyu?

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