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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 is the identifying feature of the woman who Lin sleeps with in his dream?
(a) A birthmark on her arm.
(b) Her long fingers.
(c) Her voice.
(d) Her thin face.

2. Who is Lin's new roommate when he gets tuberculosis?
(a) Ran Su.
(b) Mai Dong.
(c) Geng Yang.
(d) Liang Meng.

3. Why does Manna find Geng Yang "interesting?"
(a) He is very kind.
(b) He is very masculine.
(c) He has a strange body.
(d) He speaks with an accent.

4. What does Manna see Pingping Ma and Lin Kong doing that convinces her that they are a couple?
(a) Talking and laughing.
(b) Kissing.
(c) Holding hands.
(d) Exchanging notes.

5. When Manna thanks Lin for his help, what is his response?
(a) He would do anything for her.
(b) He had nothing better to do.
(c) She is incapable of taking care of herself.
(d) It is his job.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Manna compare herself to at the prospect of her engagement to Commissar Wei?

2. Why does the group congregate outside the courthouse after Lin and Shuyu's divorce hearing?

3. If Manna's parents had lived, she thinks they could have been ________.

4. Why does Manna squat over a bucket for so long?

5. What does Manna do for Lin that most fiancées do for their men?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Manna begin to advance on Lin?

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

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

5. What makes Lin hesitate to divorce his wife?

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

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

8. Why is Manna more embarrassed than heartbroken at Commissar Wei's rejection?

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

10. How does Lin change the direction of his and Manna's relationship as his divorce seems less and less likely?

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