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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lin go into the city so frequently after Manna gets pregnant?
(a) He misses his daughter.
(b) She is sick and needs medicine.
(c) He cannot stand being around Manna.
(d) Manna is always craving.

2. How does Lin feel about his inevitable divorce as the court date arrives?
(a) He wants to stay with Shuyu.
(b) That he wishes it had happened years earlier.
(c) He is ambivalent.
(d) That fate is starting him on a new life.

3. What phrase does Lin paint on the banner when a general visits the hospital?
(a) "Come Again Soon."
(b) "Salutations!"
(c) "Peace Be With You!"
(d) "Warmly Welcomed."

4. What do Manna's legs feel like as she walks away from spying on Lin's class?
(a) Water.
(b) Sticks.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Jell-O.

5. What does Manna tell Lin her blood pressure is?
(a) 152/97.
(b) 140/96.
(c) 120/80.
(d) 127/97.

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

7. What does Manna spend 70 yen on in preparation for the baby?
(a) Knitting wool.
(b) Fancy diapers.
(c) A crib.
(d) Parenting books.

8. Why does Manna throw a temper tantrum while Lin is cooking dinner?
(a) He is talking too much.
(b) He made too much.
(c) He burned the rice.
(d) She does not like the taste.

9. What is Manna's reaction to knowing she will die soon?
(a) Unaffected.
(b) Hysterical.
(c) Unsure.
(d) Happy.

10. What is the subject of the class that Lin teaches orderly nurses?
(a) Language.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Pharmaceutical.
(d) Marriage.

11. Why is Lin nervous about the health of his baby when Manna goes into labor?
(a) They are premature.
(b) The obstetrician is a novice.
(c) Manna has a weak heart.
(d) The hospital is unsanitary.

12. What does Manna decide to do if she is pregnant?
(a) Run away to another city.
(b) Get an abortion.
(c) Kill herself.
(d) Have the baby and pretend Lin is the father.

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

14. How much alimony does the judge tell Lin to pay Shuyu?
(a) Nothing.
(b) 2,000 yen a year.
(c) 90 yen a month.
(d) 30 yen a month.

15. Why do Lin and Manna sleep peacefully at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) They take a sleeping pill.
(b) They got a new mattress.
(c) They do not make love.
(d) The hospital grounds are silent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Manna's eyes look like the day after her rape?

2. Why do the orderlies ask Lin to teach the class?

3. Why does the judge reject the divorce of the couple whose hearing is held before Lin and Shuyu's?

4. How does Manna avoiding Shuyu and Lin during Shuyu's visit to the hospital make her look?

5. What also happens as the twins' dysentery is cured?

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