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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What comment does one of the nurses make about Manna and Lin's poor singing at the wedding?
(a) They sound like children.
(b) It gives her a toothache.
(c) They are very quiet.
(d) It is like angels singing.

2. What is the prognosis for Shuyu's back condition?
(a) Electrotherapy.
(b) Strong painkillers.
(c) Herbal tea.
(d) Physical therapy.

3. What also happens as the twins' dysentery is cured?
(a) They start to talk.
(b) They eat more.
(c) They sleep better.
(d) They fight and cry more.

4. What is Lin most interested in from Manna's locked box?
(a) Her photos.
(b) Her jewelry.
(c) Her letters from Mai Dong.
(d) Her books.

5. Why does Shuyu want her hair cut short?
(a) She needs a dramatic change.
(b) Lin will like the haircut.
(c) She wants to look more mature.
(d) So it needs to be cut less often.

6. Why do the orderlies ask Lin to teach the class?
(a) They do not like Manna and want her to be jealous.
(b) They think Lin is handsome.
(c) Lin offered to teach it.
(d) They have exams.

7. What does Manna say to Lin when he comes back into the delivery room to see his sons?
(a) Get out.
(b) They're not yours.
(c) They're sick.
(d) I'm sorry.

8. Why does Manna blame Lin for her rape?
(a) He did nothing to prevent it.
(b) He arranged the meeting.
(c) He told Geng Yang she was a virgin.
(d) He told Geng Yang how fun it is.

9. What does Director Chen think is an inappropriate wedding activity?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Karaoke.
(c) Eating the bobbing apple.
(d) Duck-Duck-Goose.

10. What is Bensheng most jealous of at the end of "Waiting?"
(a) Manna's beauty.
(b) Shuyu's happiness.
(c) Hua is earning money.
(d) Lin has three children.

11. Bensheng wishes Hua would find a different boyfriend because soldiers are not ______ anymore.
(a) Courageous.
(b) Reliable.
(c) Fashionable.
(d) Handsome.

12. When Lin sees Manna at the mess hall for the first time in days, he sees a flicker of _______ in her face.
(a) Love.
(b) Resentment.
(c) Fear.
(d) Tenderness.

13. What book does Lin give to Ran Su?
(a) "Around The World In Eighty Days."
(b) "Romeo and Juliet."
(c) "Anna Karenina."
(d) "Love In The Time Of Cholera."

14. How does Manna react to seeing Geng Yang on TV?
(a) She breaks the TV.
(b) She is unaffected.
(c) She is happy for Geng Yang.
(d) She is hysterical.

15. What does Manna show Lin from her locked box?
(a) Her collection of chairman Mao pins.
(b) Her collection of seashells.
(c) Her old journals.
(d) Photos of her parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why won't Mrs. Su attend the wedding?

2. What surprises Lin about Manna's pregnancy?

3. When does Manna realize Lin might be bored with her?

4. Why is Hua sad to be leaving Goose Village?

5. As Manna's pregnancy progresses, she becomes more and more ______.

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