View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Little Mi want Salzman to do when she said "I have an idea" at the top of the bridge?

2. Who did Salzman buy sheet music for when he visited the United States?

3. What did the the two ex-prisoners do that landed them in jail?

4. How did Master Liang keep in shape?

5. What did Little Mi say was beautiful in a book Salzman shows her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did April have difficulty adjusting to Salzman's class?

2. How did Little Mi have a moment of freedom at the end of her bicycle ride back to the hospital?

3. How did Salzman get his medical students to learn through acting skits?

4. What problem did Salzman have when he tried to buy some coffee in Hangzhou?

5. What happened when Teacher Wu and the Yale-China Field Staff Director observed Salzman's class?

6. How did Salzman stab himself in the thigh with his sword?

7. Describe Teacher Hei.

8. What did Pan offer to Salzman toward the end of his stay in China?

9. What did the student from Sudan complain about regarding his experience living in China?

10. Describe the two ex-prisoners and what they were doing when Salzman was on the train with them.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What fascinated Old Ding and his family about Salzman? How did Salzman interact with the family in a warm and genuine way? How do you know that the Ding family truly appreciated Salzman?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Teacher Hei's role in changing Salzman's approach to martial arts. In what way did he soften Salzman's style and get him to relax? Did he serve as a role model for Salzman?

Essay Topic 3

What methods did Salzman introduce to his students for learning English that they had never experienced before? Did the students seem to enjoy these new methods? What problems did they encounter because they were asked to try something new?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,000 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample