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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. Why does Geng Yang think Lin should sleep with Manna?
(a) To have a child.
(b) To make Manna undesirable to other men.
(c) To motivate himself to divorce Shuyu.
(d) For enjoyment.

2. At the holiday banquet, what does Lin warn Manna not to do so much?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Talk.
(c) Drink.
(d) Eat.

3. On the hospital camp-and-field training, what does Lin do to help Manna and the other nurses when they stop for the night?
(a) He gives them advice.
(b) He treats their blistered feet.
(c) He brings them clean clothes.
(d) He helps convince a commander to let them go home.

4. Why does Manna find Geng Yang "interesting?"
(a) He is very kind.
(b) He speaks with an accent.
(c) He is very masculine.
(d) He has a strange body.

5. After Lin's father dies, how do his feelings about his wife and marriage change?
(a) He realizes life is short and he wants to stay with his wife.
(b) He no longer needs to be married to Shuyu.
(c) He realizes life is short and he should live how he wants.
(d) He should remain married out of respect for his parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Manna squat over a bucket for so long?

2. What is Lin's concern about Manna becoming engaged to another man?

3. When Liang Meng and Manna meet alone in the city, whose poetry does he quote?

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lin think an attempt to pay Shuyu or Bensheng for a divorce would fail?

2. What makes Lin hesitate to divorce his wife?

3. What about Lin's response to Manna's prospective engagement make him rethink his attachment?

4. How do the two men in Manna's life in Chapter 4 leave her between a rock and a hard place?

5. Why is Lin ashamed that he asks Manna to share the cost of the bribe?

6. Why is Manna more embarrassed than heartbroken at Commissar Wei's rejection?

7. Why does Manna help Lin put dust covers on his books?

8. Why is Manna hesitant to become engaged to Mai Dong before her graduation? What is their deciding factor in holding off their engagement?

9. When Lin shows Manna the photo of his wife and daughter, what upset does it bring to their relationship? What solace does it bring to Manna?

10. What is the relationship Manna Wu invents between Lin Kong and Pinging Ma? Why does Manna think Pingping is more appealing to Lin than she is?

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