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

Short Answer Questions

1. What holiday is the staff banquet celebrating at the beginning of Chapter 10?

2. Why does Shuyu ask to spend the night with Lin one night when he is home?

3. What rumor is going around the hospital about Lin's wife?

4. While recapping her meeting with the commissar, Manna tells Lin Commissar Wei is more like a what than a warrior?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Lin painted to be at fault through Chapter 9?

2. Why is Lin concerned that Bensheng invites Ren to his house?

3. Why does Lin discourage Manna from joining any of the revolutionary parties in the hospital?

4. Why is Manna's meeting with Commissar Wei very pleasant?

5. After Lin begins to try in earnest to divorce Shuyu, what are the new dilemmas that arise?

6. 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?

7. Why won't Manna report her rape?

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

9. Why has Lin doubted himself of being a "normal" man? How does he gauge "normal?"

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tradition, rules, and standards sometimes play the most pivotal role in the relationships in "Waiting." Write an essay about the characters' multifaceted relationships with these obstacles.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the relevance of women versus men in "Waiting." Argue the statement Ha Jin is making about gender, using the following ideas:

- Emotional tendencies of men or women in relationships.

- Self awareness, idealism, control, impressionability, vulnerability.

- Selfishness and selflessness.

Essay Topic 3

Pick one of the following positions to argue in an essay:

- Manna is the appropriate wife for Lin.

- Shuyu is the appropriate wife for Lin.

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