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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. When Liang Meng and Manna meet alone in the city, whose poetry does he quote?
(a) Chen Zi'ang.
(b) Li Po.
(c) Mao.
(d) Xiao Gang.

2. Why won't Manna let her roommates hear her cry?
(a) Because she is crying for no reason.
(b) So they will sleep.
(c) So they won't be suspicious.
(d) So they won't make fun of her.

3. What is Geng Yang's response to "The Flower Girl"?
(a) He cries.
(b) He criticizes the acting.
(c) He is unaffected.
(d) He is overwhelmed with emotion.

4. What is Lin's observation of how Geng Yang speaks?
(a) Eloquent.
(b) Egotistical.
(c) Simply.
(d) Unrestrained.

5. Why can't Manna be transferred to another hospital?
(a) She isn't talented enough.
(b) Too many nurses are in the service.
(c) Manna refuses to go.
(d) Lin convinces them not to.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason Manna gives Lin for wanting to sleep with him?

2. During Lin's second attempt to divorce his wife, what does Manna buy in anticipation that she will be married soon?

3. Why can't anyone play cards as the people in Lin's dream do?

4. Aside from Latin, what languages must nurses learn to be promoted to assistant doctor?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Manna begin to advance on Lin?

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

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

4. Since Manna and Lin broke up, what has Manna been doing to spite Lin? How does this reach its climax in Chapter 10?

5. Why does Manna help Lin put dust covers on his books?

6. After Lin begins to try in earnest to divorce Shuyu, what are the new dilemmas that arise?

7. Why does Shuyu's brother object to Lin's wish for a divorce?

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

9. What is the relationship Manna Wu invents between Lin Kong and Pinging Ma? Why does Manna think Pingping is more appealing to Lin than she is?

10. Why won't Manna report her rape?

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