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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of the class that Lin teaches orderly nurses?

2. How does Lin feel about his inevitable divorce as the court date arrives?

3. How does Manna react to seeing Geng Yang on TV?

4. What is the prognosis for Shuyu's back condition?

5. What does Manna spend 70 yen on in preparation for the baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, how does Lin prove not to be as cold to his family as he originally felt?

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

3. How does tradition aid Lin in Chapter 9?

4. Is Manna the type of lover Lin predicted?

5. Do people in the hospital view Shuyu as a joke?

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

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

8. Why does Manna wish she had a daughter like Hua?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The heart is a recurring symbol in "Waiting." Write an essay about the relevance of when and how it is used and what it represents about the characters and relationships.

Essay Topic 2

Pick one of the following positions to argue in an essay:

- Manna is the appropriate wife for Lin.

- Shuyu is the appropriate wife for Lin.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how Lin's children become some of the most relevant characters in his life. Respond to the following questions:

- What do each of his children provide for Lin?

- What do they represent about Lin's relationships with their mothers?

- What greater symbols do they offer to the book?

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