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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. Bensheng wishes Hua would find a different boyfriend because soldiers are not ______ anymore.
(a) Reliable.
(b) Fashionable.
(c) Courageous.
(d) Handsome.

2. What is Shuyu's only request of Lin at the divorce hearing?
(a) She can keep the family cat.
(b) Lin finds Hua a husband.
(c) Hua be placed with a job.
(d) Lin pay her 2,000 yen a year.

3. What is causing Lin the pain in his back and foot?
(a) His spine.
(b) His stomach.
(c) His kidney.
(d) His heart.

4. Why does Lin go into the city so frequently after Manna gets pregnant?
(a) He misses his daughter.
(b) She is sick and needs medicine.
(c) He cannot stand being around Manna.
(d) Manna is always craving.

5. Why is Bensheng upset after Lin sells the house?
(a) Because he does not leave much for Bensheng.
(b) Because Shuyu wants to keep it.
(c) Because he under-sold it.
(d) Because that house holds so many memories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Lin done to help Manna through her illness?

2. Why doesn't Lin know how to medically treat a rape victim?

3. What do Manna's symptoms of her bad heart resemble?

4. What is Bensheng most jealous of at the end of "Waiting?"

5. When Manna tells Lin the truth about her rape, he is very angry at first and then becomes what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Shuyu simple-minded?

2. Does Hua agree with Lin's desire to divorce Shuyu?

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

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

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

6. How does tradition aid Lin in Chapter 9?

7. Does Lin love Manna?

8. How does Lin feel about being a father?

9. After the secret of Manna's rape gets out, how does the way the hospital staff treats Manna and Lin change?

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

(see the answer keys)

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