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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 145 - 192, "Shanghai Murmur" and "Land of Big Numbers").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Xiaolei tell her parents she had secured in order to move from her hometown to the big city?
(a) A job at a daycare.
(b) A job at a hospital.
(c) A job at a microchip factory.
(d) A teaching job.

2. Who does Xiaolei anxiously wait for at work?
(a) Her boss, who she likes.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) The handsome, wealthy man who buys flowers every week.

3. What do Cao Cao's business cards say?
(a) Inventor and Grassroots Engineer.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Construction Worker.
(d) Doctor.

4. What does the narrator eventually give to Perry after he keeps asking?
(a) A scarf of Lisette's.
(b) A houseplant of Lisette's.
(c) A wedding invitation for Lisette.
(d) A mug of Lisette's.

5. What does Perry seem to think the narrator did to Lisette?
(a) Belittled her work.
(b) Reported her to the police.
(c) Physically harmed her.
(d) Married her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What order does the handsome man always pick up when Xiaolei waits on him?

2. Who is Zhu Feng's father?

3. Who is the village's party secretary?

4. How does Perry die?

5. Why does Xiaolei refuse to give back the item the handsome man has left in the shop?

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