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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days did Salzman and his American colleagues go without mail before he paid the postal tax?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Six.

2. How many nights a week did Salzman take lessons from Pan at the training hall in "Lessons"?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

3. What did Salzman find shocking about the way Changsha looked when he was riding in a van through the streets?
(a) The starving people.
(b) The brightly painted houses.
(c) The beggars.
(d) How filthy it all looked.

4. What was the topic of the lecture Salzman gave to the doctors and teachers shortly after he arrived in Changsha?
(a) Western culture.
(b) American cuisine.
(c) Dynamics of martial arts.
(d) E.T.

5. What did Salzman learn when he saw Mr. Gong and his son at the market?
(a) The son loved to cook.
(b) The son had taken up sports.
(c) The son refused to help out at home.
(d) The son had gotten into college.

6. What was identical about the way the cadres were dressed at the theater where the Africans performed?
(a) Fancy watches.
(b) Their Mao suits.
(c) Haircuts.
(d) Happy expressions.

7. Who greeted Salzman when he returned from a weekend trip to Wuhan?
(a) Old Yang.
(b) Dr. Li.
(c) Bill.
(d) Teacher Wei.

8. Why did Dr. Nie awaken Salzman one January morning?
(a) To watch a martial arts demonstration.
(b) To have breakfast.
(c) To meet a new teacher.
(d) To ask him to teach his class.

9. What does Old Yang's name mean?
(a) Rat.
(b) Snake.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Horse.

10. Who could not accept a book from Salzman that was sent from America?
(a) Nei.
(b) Zheng.
(c) Lin.
(d) Wu.

11. What made the audience roar with laughter at the end of the African performance?
(a) Disco lights.
(b) The curtain came down on a cadre's head and knocked off his cap.
(c) Drunken dancer.
(d) Communist jokes.

12. What did Pan want to learn from Salzman?
(a) Calligraphy.
(b) How to play the cello.
(c) American-style martial arts.
(d) English.

13. Who was Mr. Gong?
(a) Fisherman.
(b) Medical doctor.
(c) Plumber.
(d) Salzman's teacher of Cantonese.

14. How many sons did Pan have?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Seven.

15. What did Old Ding and his brothers give to Salzman when they brought him ashore after his first visit with them?
(a) Two large fish.
(b) Lobsters.
(c) Tea.
(d) Cake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Hai Bin's nickname for Salzman?

2. What was the title of the short story that Salzman read aloud to his class in "A Short Story"?

3. What kind of college did Salzman work at in China?

4. Who only kissed his young daughters at night when they were asleep?

5. What gift did Salzman give Mr. Gong's youngest son?

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