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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. What rumor is going around the hospital about Lin's wife?
(a) She is eight years his senior.
(b) She wants to divorce him.
(c) She can't have children.
(d) She is having an affair with another doctor.

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

3. What is the purpose of the newspaper article about Lin and Shuyu's divorce hearing?
(a) To support Lin's decision.
(b) To discourage Lin from continuing.
(c) To criticize the judge.
(d) To add to the statistics of divorce in China.

4. What does Ren ask Lin to bring home from the hospital to help his son's stomach?
(a) Pepto Bismuth.
(b) Club Soda.
(c) Tower Candy.
(d) Alka-Seltzer.

5. For how long is Lin permitted to return home once a year?
(a) Two months.
(b) One week.
(c) Twelve days.
(d) One month.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Lin's comrades object to his long, parted in the middle hairstyle?

2. Why must Lin accompany Manna and Liang Meng's meeting at the hospital?

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

4. What does Lin's cousin ask for in his letter?

5. On the hospital camp-and-field training, what does Lin do to help Manna and the other nurses when they stop for the night?

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