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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 gift do the twins' parents get for them when they go to college?
(a) New clothes.
(b) Cars.
(c) Apartments.
(d) Laptops.

2. What does the narrator see on the hill on her way out of China that Gao's mother explains about?
(a) The Feng soldiers.
(b) The dingzihu.
(c) The old museum.
(d) The old well.

3. What is Bayi glad for in the end of "Hotline Girl"?
(a) She is having a baby soon.
(b) She has plenty of money.
(c) She is cured from cancer.
(d) She is young and free.

4. How does Gao die?
(a) Car accident.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Cancer.

5. Where does Bayi meet her ex-boyfriend?
(a) Her apartment.
(b) The ice skating rink.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A public plaza.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story "On the Street Where You Live," what does the narrator see in the jail?

2. What did Gao and the others think a particular outsider child in their school was?

3. Who is the person responsible for bringing the new fruit to the world?

4. Who does the narrator begin to think actually knows Lulu better than anyone else in the family?

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

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