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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 was Lisette doing when the narrator met her?
(a) Receptionist.
(b) Landscaper.
(c) Construction worker.
(d) Accountant.

2. What does Perry find in the narrator's apartment that upsets him badly?
(a) Lisette's computer.
(b) Lisette's mail.
(c) Lisette's clothes.
(d) Lisette's shoes.

3. In "Field Notes on a Marriage," why does Gao resist the idea of returning to China?
(a) He has no family there any longer.
(b) It is too expensive to go there.
(c) It is too cold in the winter.
(d) He says it is dirty and not very charming.

4. Where did Gao go after the traumatic incident in his childhood?
(a) Germany.
(b) Spain.
(c) England.
(d) France.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator go after Gao dies?

2. What activity does the narrator become very good at in college?

3. What pet does Zhu Feng's father have?

4. What does the narrator's mother say when the narrator's fiance asks where Lulu is?

5. What does the lettering on Xiaolei's sweatpants say that she wears on her day off?

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