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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time was it when Little Mia realized she had missed the last bus back to Harbin?
(a) Seven p.m.
(b) Ten p.m.
(c) Eleven p.m.
(d) Midnight.

2. What did Salzman drive over so Little Mi would hold onto him when he was driving her back to the hospital?
(a) Large waves.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Potholes.
(d) Big bumps.

3. What did the student from Sudan complain about to Bill and Salzman?
(a) Africans were looked down upon by the Chinese.
(b) The beds were too short.
(c) He did not understand his teachers.
(d) He had trouble eating Chinese food.

4. What did the 1983 English Medical Class perform for Salzman in "Professor Jin"?
(a) Drama.
(b) Acrobatics.
(c) Martial arts.
(d) Co-ed skits.

5. What did the runaway steal from the common room in Salzman's apartment?
(a) Food.
(b) Blanket.
(c) Money.
(d) Postcards and bric-a-brac.

6. How many peasants stood waiting at the train station with Salzman the day he met two men just out of jail?
(a) Seventy-five.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Ten.
(d) At least fifty.

7. What color cap did Master Liang wear the first time Salzman met him?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

8. What was depicted in the mural that Salzman received as a gift?
(a) Electronics.
(b) Cars.
(c) Cities.
(d) Mountains.

9. What illness did Professor Jin suffer from?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Lung disease.
(d) Heart and liver disease.

10. What was the temperature on the train that Salzman took with two men just released from jail?
(a) Slightly cool.
(b) Hot.
(c) Freezing.
(d) Moderate.

11. What secret did Teacher Hei want Salzman to keep?
(a) Their lessons.
(b) His dislike of Pan.
(c) His inability to sing.
(d) His love of cigarettes.

12. What did Bill see in Africa when he was sitting on a truck with the words "My friend, it is not beautiful"?
(a) Dancers coming his way.
(b) Big rain cloud.
(c) Vultures flying above him.
(d) Dust storm.

13. What did Little Mi say was beautiful in a book Salzman shows her?
(a) Sculptures of Degas.
(b) Paintings by Georgia O'Keefe.
(c) Autumn scenes in New England.
(d) Photographs of New York City.

14. What did Lenny say in class the day Teacher Wu and the Yale-China Field Staff Director visited Salzman's class?
(a) "Give me money or give me death."
(b) He sang the Chinese National Anthem.
(c) He recited the Twelve Be's and Don't Be's.
(d) "I want to eat your heart and drink your blood."

15. What happened to Professor Jin at the end of the chapter named after him?
(a) He was swamped with work and could not teach Salzman.
(b) He died.
(c) He moved to another city.
(d) He went into a coma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What comparison did Little Mi make about Chinese parents and their children?

2. How did Master Liang keep in shape?

3. What did Teacher Wu give to Salzman during his class with the 1983 English Medical students?

4. What did Salzman wear to disguise himself when he escorted Mia home?

5. Who accidentally pierced a dog's heart with a lab needle?

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