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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. What month was it when Salzman encountered a problem when he wanted to leave China at the beginning of the book?
(a) February.
(b) October.
(c) May.
(d) August.

2. What did Hai Bin tell Salzman that he thinks about all the time?
(a) Food and sleep.
(b) Becoming famous.
(c) Traveling to America.
(d) Having more time to learn.

3. How did Salzman's students describe Comrade M?
(a) Brave.
(b) Unpopular.
(c) Talkative.
(d) Popular.

4. What did Salzman compare the solo wushu routines to when he was watching the athletes from Hunan Provincial Troupe?
(a) Stretching.
(b) Floor exercises in gymnastics.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Boxing.

5. What subject did Salzman teach while living in China?
(a) English.
(b) Martial arts.
(c) Calligraphy.
(d) History.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Leaders decide about Comrade M's suicide?

2. What skin problem did Salzman develop in the Fall of 1982?

3. Who greeted Salzman when he returned from a weekend trip to Wuhan?

4. What kind of Chinese boats did Salzman say were shaped like cigars?

5. What was the temperature when Salzman arrived in Changsha in Chapter "Arriving"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What difficulties did Salzman and his friends have with the China Travel Service while in Canton?

2. How did Old Ding react the first time he saw Salzman?

3. What lessons did Salzman learn from Hai Bin during their calligraphy sessions together?

4. How did Salzman entertain Old Ding's family?

5. Why did Salzman give a gift to Mr. Gong's youngest son?

6. What did Salzman learn about Mr. Gong's past during his English lesson with him?

7. How did it come about that Salzman went to China to teach English for two years?

8. What was the audience's behavior like during the performance of the Congolese entertainers?

9. Describe the contrasting ambitions of Hai Bin and Salzman.

10. Why did Pan and Salzman spend the first few weeks of lessons staring at each other?

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