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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 is the subject of the class that Lin teaches orderly nurses?

2. Why do the orderlies ask Lin to teach the class?

3. What does Manna show Lin from her locked box?

4. What is the rule about foot-binding that Shuyu explains to one of the nurses?

5. What do Manna's legs feel like as she walks away from spying on Lin's class?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Lin going to leave Manna?

2. After River and Lake are healthy again, does Manna and Lin's marriage become right and peaceful?

3. Why is Hua not difficult to convince to go to Muji City?

4. Why does Lin want Shuyu and Hua to have urban residential status?

5. In Chapter 9, how does Lin prove not to be as cold to his family as he originally felt?

6. How does Lin feel about being a father?

7. Is Shuyu simple-minded?

8. After the secret of Manna's rape gets out, how does the way the hospital staff treats Manna and Lin change?

9. Is Bensheng greedy? Why or why not?

10. How does Lin realize the reason he hasn't received a promotion in ten years?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ha Jin frequently uses animal imagery in reference to his characters. Write an essay discussing Ha Jin's tendencies of anthropomorphizing his characters and what significance his choices of animals hold for his characters.

Essay Topic 2

The title of "Waiting" is one of the most pivotal aspects of the book. Write an essay discussing the effect waiting has on the characters and their relationships.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing the narrative structure or "Waiting". Focus on the following:

- Its symmetry and organization.

- Its circular and recursive motion.

- Compare to traditional narrative structure (rising action, climax, falling action, etc.) and how "Waiting" breaks, uses, and redefines "structure".

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