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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one big reason Bayi left her ex-boyfriend?
(a) He was unfaithful to her.
(b) He stole her money.
(c) He told her to leave.
(d) He physically abused her.

2. What does the narrator's mother say when the narrator's fiance asks where Lulu is?
(a) Getting her PhD.
(b) In jail.
(c) In Europe.
(d) In America.

3. What is the name of the new fruit?
(a) Lago.
(b) Farqi.
(c) hirgo.
(d) qiguo.

4. How does Bayi feel about her ex-boyfriend's family?
(a) She disliked them very much.
(b) She always liked them and still does.
(c) She never met them.
(d) She felt neutral about them.

5. What activity does the narrator become very good at in college?
(a) Video games.
(b) Lacrosse.
(c) Sewing.
(d) Track.

6. What does Lulu begin criticizing online?
(a) The Chinese government.
(b) America.
(c) Europe.
(d) Corporations.

7. Where does the narrator in "Field Notes on a Marriage" grow up?
(a) New York City.
(b) China.
(c) A farm in Indiana.
(d) Chicago.

8. What does Lulu often call the narrator?
(a) Traitor.
(b) Honey.
(c) Big Brother.
(d) My Best Friend.

9. What is special about Lulu?
(a) She is a very fast runner.
(b) She can read minds.
(c) She is very good at music.
(d) She is brilliant.

10. In the story "New Fruit," what kind of skin does the fruit have?
(a) Green skin that is a bit slimy.
(b) Orange-red tawny skin.
(c) Smooth skin like an apple.
(d) Black skin.

11. How does Mr. Feng say eating his first qiguo made him feel?
(a) Like he did on his wedding day.
(b) Like he was 25 again.
(c) Like he did the day he got his first job.
(d) Like he did the first summer he visited Europe.

12. Why does the narrator get angry at Lulu's boyfriend after Lulu is sentenced to a long prison term?
(a) He pretends he never knew Lulu.
(b) He speaks badly of Lulu.
(c) He marries someone else.
(d) He takes all of Lulu's savings.

13. When does the narrator's fiance first learn about Lulu?
(a) When the narrator gets a call from Lulu.
(b) When the narrator's aunt mentions Lulu offhandedly.
(c) When she sees Lulu on the news.
(d) During a visit to his parents' house when she sees a picture there.

14. What is Suqi driving when Bay sees her in the end of the story "Hotline Girl"?
(a) An unmarked government van.
(b) A garbage truck.
(c) A sedan.
(d) A sports car.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What special day does the country celebrate together towards the end of "New Fruit"?

2. What is the undertone of taste of the new fruit?

3. What does Gao tell the narrator his mother worked as?

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

5. Who delivers the twins in the story "Lulu"?

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