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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. How many children are families usually permitted to have?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

2. What does Geng Yang do in Manna's dream?
(a) Kidnaps the twins.
(b) Apologizes.
(c) Rapes her.
(d) Kills Lin.

3. When Manna speaks to someone outside their apartment, what does Lin notice her voice is still full of?
(a) Life.
(b) Bitterness.
(c) Love.
(d) Fear.

4. What Makes Manna think Ran Su knows about her rape?
(a) His forced smile.
(b) He is avoiding her.
(c) He whispers whenever she walks into the room.
(d) He keeps asking her how she is doing.

5. What does Manna tell Lin her blood pressure is?
(a) 152/97.
(b) 140/96.
(c) 127/97.
(d) 120/80.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hua find a job in Muji City?

2. What is Manna sick with before their wedding?

3. What is Manna's excuse to the other nurses for looking so sickly the day after the rape?

4. Why is Hua sad to be leaving Goose Village?

5. What does Manna say to Lin when he comes back into the delivery room to see his sons?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Manna the type of lover Lin predicted?

2. Is Lin going to leave Manna?

3. How does Lin realize the reason he hasn't received a promotion in ten years?

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

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

6. Is Shuyu simple-minded?

7. How do Manna's worst fears appear to be coming true in Chapter 11?

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

9. Does Lin love Manna?

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

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