View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of the class that Lin teaches orderly nurses?
(a) Pharmaceutical.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Language.
(d) Marriage.

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

3. Why does Manna tell Ran Su she wants Lin to stay home more?
(a) She is dying.
(b) Lin is a good cook.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) Lin is in poor health.

4. How does Lin feel about his inevitable divorce as the court date arrives?
(a) He wants to stay with Shuyu.
(b) That fate is starting him on a new life.
(c) He is ambivalent.
(d) That he wishes it had happened years earlier.

5. What is the rule about foot-binding that Shuyu explains to one of the nurses?
(a) You cannot take pain medication.
(b) You must be younger than ten to begin the binding.
(c) Only the husband can see them.
(d) You cannot paint your toenails.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lin notices how sick Manna looks, what does he compare her to?

2. What Makes Manna think Ran Su knows about her rape?

3. Who does Snow Goose say Lin's sons look like?

4. What does Bensheng's donkey eat too much of that makes its stomach burst?

5. What does Lin compare the box at the bottom of Manna's closet to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lin think is the effect of Manna's suffering?

2. Why would Manna Kill herself if she were pregnant?

3. Does Lin love Manna?

4. Why does Lin want Shuyu and Hua to have urban residential status?

5. Why is Hua not difficult to convince to go to Muji City?

6. Is Bensheng greedy? Why or why not?

7. What about Ran Su's blessing makes Manna so upset?

8. In Chapter 12, time accelerates through years. What has changed or stayed the same?

9. Why does Lin think he and Manna shouldn't make love so much?

10. Why doesn't Lin stay in the delivery room while Manna is giving birth?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 828 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample