oral test and 5 days to go

Today I took a proficiency test in mandarin. It was lame. They asked two questions and asked me to reply to them in Mandarin Chinese in 5 minutes' time. The two questions were:

1. Tell me about yourself.

2. Describe a book you read or movie you watched recently.

It's notable that the first question is the same as the admission essay question for Columbia University, my first choice college that i'll apply to this fall. I answered it something like:

我的名字叫安祖。我十七岁。我是高中学生在北呀特蓝特高中学。我一起和我弟弟妹妹驻在呀特蓝

My name is Andrew. I'm 17 years old. I'm a student at North Atlanta High School. I live in Atlanta with my younger brother and sister.

特。我们每天起床，吃早餐，看电视， 和休息。我喜欢学习中国，上网，和做饭...

Every day we get up and eat breakfast, watch tv, and rest. (It's summer vacation.) Personally, I like studying China, surfing the internet, and cooking...

The other question was a lot harder; I didn't know how to express it well. I talked about Pelham 123, which I had seen last Saturday - it was a great movie, except that I didn't know how to say "terrorist", "hostage", or "train" in Chinese. So I went about explaining the movie sans this crucial vocabulary. I think I mostly messed that question up. If this were a test, I'd pass, but just barely.

The proctor told me that I'd get results back when i took another test in August after I come back. We'll see. Maybe someday this week i'll finish packing. The suitcase remains untouched and the saga continues.