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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Commissar Wei call to tell Ran Su the day after his meeting with Manna?
(a) She smells bad and should shower more.
(b) She is ugly and he doesn't want to see her again.
(c) He enjoys her and wants to keep in contact.
(d) She is incompetent and should be fired.

2. When Lin is questioned by the voice in his head about his refusal to sleep with Manna, he says that their relationship is not based on what?
(a) The flesh.
(b) The rules of society.
(c) Love.
(d) What others want.

3. Why does Shuyu ask to spend the night with Lin one night when he is home?
(a) She wants to give him a son.
(b) She doesn't want to share her room with their houseguests.
(c) She misses him when he is away.
(d) She is afraid of the dark.

4. What does Manna do for Lin that most fiancées do for their men?
(a) Sleep with him.
(b) Take care of him when he's sick.
(c) His laundry.
(d) Clean his room.

5. Which revolutionary party is Manna interested in joining?
(a) The Revolution Workers.
(b) The Red Union.
(c) The Maoist Union.
(d) The Red Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Geng Yang ask Manna to come to his room?

2. On the hospital camp-and-field training, what does Lin do to help Manna and the other nurses when they stop for the night?

3. Lin's roles as an officer and doctor make him what kind of a man?

4. On his first day in Muji City, what is Liang Meng's reason for needing to return home so soon?

5. Why must Lin accompany Manna and Liang Meng's meeting at the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What dilemmas do Shuyu's feet make for Lin?

2. Why is Lin's response to "Leaves of Grass" peculiar to his usual tendencies towards literature?

3. Why won't Manna report her rape?

4. Why does Lin discourage Manna from joining any of the revolutionary parties in the hospital?

5. What does Lin's daydream about the nurses say about him?

6. How do the two men in Manna's life in Chapter 4 leave her between a rock and a hard place?

7. How does Lin share Manna's feelings about Geng Yang?

8. How does Manna begin to advance on Lin?

9. Why is Manna hesitant to become engaged to Mai Dong before her graduation? What is their deciding factor in holding off their engagement?

10. How is Manna extremely selfish in the beginning of Chapter 7?

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