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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 rumor is going around the hospital about Lin's wife?
(a) She is eight years his senior.
(b) She wants to divorce him.
(c) She can't have children.
(d) She is having an affair with another doctor.

2. What is Ran Su's only condition on allowing Manna and Lin to take Geng Yang out to dinner?
(a) The three must stay together.
(b) They must go out during the day.
(c) Ran Su can attend as well.
(d) Lin must pay for the meal.

3. Why can't anyone play cards as the people in Lin's dream do?
(a) They are all too busy with work.
(b) Cards are banned.
(c) The hospital confiscates cards because they are a distraction.
(d) Because no one ever learned how to play.

4. Where does Lin Kong's wife, Shuyu, live?
(a) Beijing.
(b) Muji City.
(c) Shanghai.
(d) Goose Village.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What lie does Manna write in a letter to Liang Meng that scares him off?

2. Why can't Manna be transferred to another hospital?

3. When the hospital goes to see the film, how does Manna act regarding feelings for Lin?

4. Who does Manna hit while riding her bike home one night?

5. How long have Lin and Shuyu been separated for at the beginning of "Waiting"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Manna's meeting with Commissar Wei very pleasant?

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

3. When Lin shows Manna the photo of his wife and daughter, what upset does it bring to their relationship? What solace does it bring to Manna?

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

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

6. What about Lin's response to Manna's prospective engagement make him rethink his attachment?

7. Why is Lin concerned that Bensheng invites Ren to his house?

8. Why is Lin ashamed that he asks Manna to share the cost of the bribe?

9. Why does Lin think an attempt to pay Shuyu or Bensheng for a divorce would fail?

10. Why has Lin doubted himself of being a "normal" man? How does he gauge "normal?"

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