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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 does the narrator see on the hill on her way out of China that Gao's mother explains about?
(a) The Feng soldiers.
(b) The old well.
(c) The old museum.
(d) The dingzihu.

2. Who asks to ride in the plane after it fails to get off the ground?
(a) Cao Cao's son.
(b) One of the town's youth.
(c) Cao Cao's father.
(d) The party secretary.

3. Why does the narrator get angry sometimes when he thinks of Lisette and Perry, and of Lisette's leaving?
(a) He thinks he should have been allowed to hug Lisette one last time.
(b) He thinks Lisette should have agreed to marry him.
(c) He thinks he should have been allowed to go back to China.
(d) He thinks he should have been the one to be able to find Lisette.

4. What did Gao and the others think a particular outsider child in their school was?
(a) A ghost.
(b) An alien.
(c) A European.
(d) A spy.

5. What song is dedicated to the new fruit?
(a) Watermelon Summer.
(b) My Sweet Qiguo.
(c) My Sweet Summer.
(d) Fendi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Xiaolei have to wake so early for work on Fridays?

2. Who flies with Cao Cao on the first attempted flight in his plane?

3. What does Perry seem to think the narrator did to Lisette?

4. What is Xiaolei's only regret regarding the item she keeps from the handsome man?

5. Who is Cao Cao's closest friend?

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