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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 47 - 94, "Hotline Girl, "New Fruit," and "Field Notes on a Marriage").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator meet his fiance?
(a) The pond.
(b) A video-equipment store.
(c) His classes.
(d) His job at the hotel.

2. What did Gao and his friends do to an outcast when they were school children?
(a) Threw him down a well.
(b) Poisoned him.
(c) Reported him to the police.
(d) Beat him to death.

3. What does Keju say happened after Bayi broke up with him in "Hotline Girl"?
(a) He went a little crazy.
(b) He got a new job.
(c) He moved to America for a while.
(d) He moved back in with his parents.

4. What does Gao tell the narrator his mother worked as?
(a) A principal.
(b) A landscaper.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) A farmer.

5. Who is Lulu's boyfriend?
(a) Zhangwei.
(b) Hali.
(c) Yang.
(d) Pen.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story "New Fruit," what kind of skin does the fruit have?

2. Which school child does Gao tell the narrator about?

3. What does the name of the new fruit mean?

4. How does Bayi feel about her ex-boyfriend's family?

5. What event does the narrator get to compete in towards the end of the story "Lulu"?

(see the answer key)

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