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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Bensheng NOT upset about when he comes to Lin's house drunk in the middle of the night?
(a) Lin taking Shuyu to the city.
(b) Lin divorcing Shuyu.
(c) Lin leaving him with nothing.
(d) Lin taking Hua with him.

2. What does Lin tell Shuyu to do when he is drunk in her apartment?
(a) To put a log on the fire.
(b) To leave him alone,
(c) To wait for him.
(d) To go back to Goose Village.

3. What made the pus drain after Shuyu's feet were bound?
(a) Soaking them in warm water.
(b) Massaging her feet.
(c) Eating fish.
(d) Herbal medicines.

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

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

6. Where does Hua find a job in Muji City?
(a) The hair salon.
(b) The hospital.
(c) A department store.
(d) The match plant.

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

8. What do Manna's eyes look like the day after her rape?
(a) They are red and swollen.
(b) They will not open.
(c) They are bloodshot.
(d) They are blue-lidded.

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

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

11. How many children are families usually permitted to have?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

12. What do the women at the hair salon say about Lin for wanting to divorce Shuyu?
(a) He is heartless.
(b) He is selfish.
(c) He is smart.
(d) He is impulsive.

13. What do Manna's symptoms of her bad heart resemble?
(a) Indigestion.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Asthma.
(d) Pneumonia.

14. Why is Hua sad to be leaving Goose Village?
(a) She has to quit her job.
(b) The weather is nicer.
(c) She has friends there.
(d) He boyfriend lives there.

15. By the end of Chapter 10, how long will it be until Lin returns from his conference in Shengyang?
(a) Two months.
(b) Six months.
(c) Twelve days.
(d) Three weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Only a woman over the age of _______ would be expected to have bound feet.

2. What holiday do Manna and Lin prepare for at the end of "Waiting?"

3. Why is Bensheng upset after Lin sells the house?

4. What is the subject of the class that Lin teaches orderly nurses?

5. What has Lin done to help Manna through her illness?

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