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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. In the story "On the Street Where You Live," what does the narrator see in the jail?
(a) A dog.
(b) A cat.
(c) A rat.
(d) A slug.

2. What does the lettering on Xiaolei's sweatpants say that she wears on her day off?
(a) Juciy.
(b) Righteous.
(c) Team.
(d) Superstar.

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

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

5. Why do some people in the village dislike the party secretary?
(a) He never patronizes the town's businesses.
(b) They say he skims money from the town for himself and does not do his share of the work.
(c) He is rude to them.
(d) He is never in the town but rather always at his vacation home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to collect the item the handsome man has left behind in "Shanghai Murmur"?

2. What does Zhu Feng find out about his father during the course of the story?

3. What does Gao's mother tell the narrator about his marriage when she visits his family alone?

4. Who does Zhu Feng borrow money from?

5. What does Xiaolei's boss at the shop do when she finds out Xiaolei has refused to give the man's item back and then lost it?

(see the answer key)

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