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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Manna and Liang Meng talk about when they first meet at the hospital?
(a) The weather.
(b) Politics.
(c) Lin.
(d) Grapes.

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

3. If Manna's parents had lived, she thinks they could have been ________.
(a) Adventurous travelers.
(b) Inadequate parents.
(c) High-ranking officials.
(d) Famous writers.

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

5. While Lin ghostwrites Manna's report on "Leaves of Grass," what aspect of the poems does he focus on?
(a) Grass.
(b) Water.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Sky.

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

7. What does Manna compare herself to at the prospect of her engagement to Commissar Wei?
(a) A prostitute.
(b) A thief.
(c) A princess.
(d) A flower in bloom.

8. Why does Lin's brother need to borrow money?
(a) To pay off his debts.
(b) To send his children to private school.
(c) To bet on a game.
(d) To surprise his wife with a gift.

9. Why is Manna hesitant to pursue sleeping with Lin?
(a) Because she doesn't want to manipulate Lin.
(b) Because she may be expelled from the army.
(c) Because she doesn't want to get pregnant.
(d) Because she is a virgin.

10. At the holiday banquet, what does Lin warn Manna not to do so much?
(a) Drink.
(b) Talk.
(c) Eat.
(d) Laugh.

11. What is the identifying feature of the woman who Lin sleeps with in his dream?
(a) Her long fingers.
(b) Her thin face.
(c) A birthmark on her arm.
(d) Her voice.

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

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

14. What are Lin's conditions on Manna's prospective new fiancé?
(a) She is promoted and goes to college.
(b) He doesn't ever divorce her.
(c) He takes her far away.
(d) He still allows them to see each other.

15. What rare food does Bensheng bring to Lin's house?
(a) Shrimp.
(b) Cabbage.
(c) Caviar.
(d) Duck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lin's observation of how Geng Yang speaks?

2. After Lin's father dies, how do his feelings about his wife and marriage change?

3. Why does the group congregate outside the courthouse after Lin and Shuyu's divorce hearing?

4. What is the purpose of the newspaper article about Lin and Shuyu's divorce hearing?

5. What is Ran Su's only condition on allowing Manna and Lin to take Geng Yang out to dinner?

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