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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 do the villagers go up the mountain to gather in the story "Flying Machine"?
(a) Cherries.
(b) Strawberries.
(c) Apricots.
(d) Apples.

2. What does Zhu Ayi's son do after tasting the qiguo?
(a) Marries the man he loves.
(b) Marries the woman he loves.
(c) Moves south to become a painter.
(d) Moves to America.

3. What does the handsome customer tell Xiaolei he does for a living?
(a) Sales.
(b) Law.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Food service.

4. Why does Lisette leave town?
(a) She has a new boyfriend.
(b) Her mother is ill and she wants to care for her in her mother's hometown.
(c) She is tired of life there.
(d) She gets a new job.

5. Who seems to have a buried affection for Lao Zhou?
(a) Pang Ayi.
(b) Mr. Sun.
(c) Pen.
(d) Fenderi.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What mostly happens when people eat qiguo in the second season?

3. What is the undertone of taste of the new fruit?

4. What does the narrator see on the hill on her way out of China that Gao's mother explains about?

5. What does Gao tell the narrator his mother worked as?

(see the answer key)

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