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

2. What does Cao Cao do for a living?
(a) Practice law.
(b) Practice medicine.
(c) Farm.
(d) Construction.

3. What secret does Lulu tell the narrator when she first comes to visit him in college?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is dropping out of college.
(c) She is a lesbian.
(d) She is going to America.

4. What did Lisette often ask the narrator for?
(a) Food.
(b) Money.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Sex.

5. Who does Lulu call from the police van the first time she is taken away?
(a) Her best friend.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her mother.
(d) The narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Bayi's lanyard?

2. What is the name of Cao Cao's village?

3. What ride does Lisette take the narrator on right before she leaves?

4. Why does Xiaolei refuse to give back the item the handsome man has left in the shop?

5. In "Hotline Girl," what adorns the highways each spring?

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