A Chinese Driver's License!

After two afternoons of working the bureaucracy that is this country, David said: 'Its in your court now'. He had done all the paperwork in order for me to get my driver's license and now all I had to do was study and pass the test. Craziness. I had heard all the stories of this test. David did pass it the first time, but most people I know did not. So, I hit the books.
The test is in English, but some of the 'English' is a little bit of a stretch. I got the study questions, all 1500 of them. I would be asked 100 questions, and would need to get at least 90 right to pass, and I would have 45 minutes to do so. My tactic was this: Go through the questions one time, highlight the ones that I would need to look at again, then look at those at least one more time.
The problem was there were quite a few highlighted! I knew the hand signal ones were gonna get me, not to mention all the law and insurance questions...
I studied over 3 days about a total of 4-5 hours, and went for it. I would have two chances before I would need to pay again. I was certain of failure.
Here are a few of the questions that could show up on the test (for your amusement):

If a party fails to perform the decision on administrative punishment, the administrative organ that has made the decision on administrative punishment may ______________.

A. Apply to the people’s court for enforcement

B. Apply to the people’s procuratorate for enforcement

C. Revoke the driving license of the party

D. Detain the party for less than 15 days

Answer: A

A driver is not allowed to drive a motorized vehicle for ________ running without stopping the vehicle and having a rest.

A. 4 hours

B. 5 hours

C. 6 hours

D. 8 hours

Answer: A

When another driver asks directions while driving, the driver should _________.

A. Ignore it

B. Answer with patience

C. Find an excuse to reject

D. Answer for a pay

Answer: B

When discovering a road congestion ahead, the correct way to deal with this situation is to _______.

A. Continue to weave through

B. Find space and overtake one vehicle after another

C. Honk to indicate the vehicle in front to speed up

D. Stop and wait in line

Answer: D

When driving, the driver may spit to the road or street out of the window. Answer: Wrong

When encountering a flock of sheep crossing a road, the driver should _______.

A. Honk continuously to drive away the flock

B. Speed up and bypass the flock

C. Drive slowly and use the vehicle to scare away the flock

D. Reduce speed and go slowly, or stop to yield when necessary

Answer: D

The driver may drive a motorized vehicle __________________.

A. After drinking alcohol

B. When he suffers from a disease that impedes safe driving

C. When he is exhausted

D. After drinking tea

Answer: D

The more I studied these questions and then went out and about the more I laughed. For example, the 'congestion' question, the answer is 'wait in line', get real, I have NEVER seen that happen here. And spitting? I did love the 'drinking tea' one.

As I took the test, the first five questions were iffy for me. I was done in twenty minutes and went back through. There were no hand signal questions! As I went back through there were about four I had no clue about, and about 5-6 more that were still questionable. I turned it in and PASSED! I got a 94! I was SO excited, and so tired.

I still am not ready to drive in this traffic yet, but I will practice and get used to it.