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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lin observe about Ran Su's feet?
(a) They are abnormally large.
(b) They are worn and calloused.
(c) They are swollen.
(d) They are feminine.

2. When Lin returns to the hospital after failing to ask his wife for a divorce he tells Manna he is too what to spend time with her?
(a) Lazy.
(b) Busy.
(c) Heartbroken.
(d) Ashamed.

3. What does Manna compare herself to at the prospect of her engagement to Commissar Wei?
(a) A princess.
(b) A thief.
(c) A flower in bloom.
(d) A prostitute.

4. Commissar Wei stops in Muji City on his way to which border?
(a) Chino-Tibetan.
(b) Chino-Russian.
(c) Chino-Nepal.
(d) Nepal-India.

5. What is Geng Yang's response to "The Flower Girl"?
(a) He is unaffected.
(b) He is overwhelmed with emotion.
(c) He criticizes the acting.
(d) He cries.

6. What is Lin's concern about Manna becoming engaged to another man?
(a) She will continue to carry on her affair with Lin.
(b) He isn't ready to lose her.
(c) She might be taken advantage of.
(d) She will be cheated on.

7. Why does manna ask to be left behind to die during the hospital camp-and-field training?
(a) Because she feels responsible for a patient's death.
(b) Because she is ashamed of having feelings for Lin.
(c) Because she is so tired.
(d) Because her heart is still broken by Mai Dong.

8. What is the prognosis for Lin's tuberculosis?
(a) He will recover soon.
(b) He will die soon.
(c) He has showed no improvement.
(d) He is at risk of getting worse.

9. During Lin's second attempt to divorce his wife, what does Manna buy in anticipation that she will be married soon?
(a) A baby crib.
(b) Furniture.
(c) New bedding.
(d) A wedding dress.

10. Why does Haiyan think Lin refuses to take the opportunity to use her sister's house?
(a) Because he doesn't want to get Manna pregnant.
(b) Because he doesn't love Manna enough.
(c) Because he is afraid of getting caught.
(d) Because he doesn't like Haiyan's sister's house.

11. What does Lin's cousin ask for in his letter?
(a) A recommendation for a job.
(b) To find him a wife.
(c) A place to stay.
(d) Money.

12. Why do Lin's comrades object to his long, parted in the middle hairstyle?
(a) Because he looks too vain.
(b) Because he looks too feminine.
(c) Because he looks disheveled.
(d) Because he looks too intellectual.

13. When Lin is questioned by the voice in his head about his refusal to sleep with Manna, he says that their relationship is not based on what?
(a) The flesh.
(b) What others want.
(c) Love.
(d) The rules of society.

14. Why does Manna squat over a bucket for so long?
(a) To prevent pregnancy.
(b) She is cold.
(c) She is constipated.
(d) Her back is sore.

15. What are Lin's conditions on Manna's prospective new fiancé?
(a) He takes her far away.
(b) She is promoted and goes to college.
(c) He still allows them to see each other.
(d) He doesn't ever divorce her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lin's roles as an officer and doctor make him what kind of a man?

2. When Ran Su is cautioning Lin about his relationship with Mann, what does he mean by "abnormal" relationship?

3. If Manna's parents had lived, she thinks they could have been ________.

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

5. What rare food does Bensheng bring to Lin's house?

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