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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Manna hesitant to pursue sleeping with Lin?
(a) Because she may be expelled from the army.
(b) Because she doesn't want to get pregnant.
(c) Because she doesn't want to manipulate Lin.
(d) Because she is a virgin.

2. What is the identifying feature of the woman who Lin sleeps with in his dream?
(a) A birthmark on her arm.
(b) Her long fingers.
(c) Her thin face.
(d) Her voice.

3. After a chief in the City Administration dies, what does Manna begin to do?
(a) Pressure Lin to divorce his wife.
(b) Take better care of her health.
(c) Pursue a man who will marry her.
(d) Take care of the chief's wife.

4. What American poet does Commissar Wei recommend to Manna?
(a) Sylvia Plath.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) Robert Frost.
(d) Allen Ginsberg.

5. Why does Lin's brother need to borrow money?
(a) To pay off his debts.
(b) To surprise his wife with a gift.
(c) To bet on a game.
(d) To send his children to private school.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Lin's father dies, how do his feelings about his wife and marriage change?

2. For how long is Lin permitted to return home once a year?

3. What is Manna considered dangerously close to because of her age?

4. What does Manna see Pingping Ma and Lin Kong doing that convinces her that they are a couple?

5. What does Ren ask Lin to bring home from the hospital to help his son's stomach?

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