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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What special day does the country celebrate together towards the end of "New Fruit"?
(a) The day of the martyrs.
(b) The day of the dead.
(c) The day of the heroes.
(d) The day of the satyrs.

2. What is different about Bayi's ex-boyfriend when she sees him?
(a) He is missing an eye.
(b) He has gained a lot of weight.
(c) He is missing part of his arm.
(d) He has lost all his hair.

3. What job does the narrator take as he gets to be an older college student?
(a) Kitchen assistant.
(b) Construction worker.
(c) Law clerk.
(d) Administrative assistant.

4. Who is the person responsible for bringing the new fruit to the world?
(a) Pen.
(b) Xiaolei.
(c) Mr. Sun.
(d) Fan Shiyi.

5. What kind of hotline does Bayi work for?
(a) Makeup help line.
(b) Government help line.
(c) Telephone company help line.
(d) Clothing company help line.

6. What do the residents call the man guarding the front gate?
(a) Mr. Sun.
(b) Bao'an.
(c) Pen.
(d) The concierge.

7. What does Lulu do compulsively as a child?
(a) Wash her hands.
(b) Eat.
(c) Read.
(d) Sew.

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

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

10. Who becomes the narrator's wife?
(a) Xiaolei.
(b) Li Han.
(c) Mao Xin.
(d) Lao Tang.

11. In "Hotline Girl," what adorns the highways each spring?
(a) Children in dresses.
(b) Deer.
(c) Roses.
(d) New trees.

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

13. Who was the first on the street to try the new fruit?
(a) Mrs. Ying.
(b) Pen.
(c) Ruby.
(d) Lao Zhou.

14. What city is Lulu studying in?
(a) Pen.
(b) Beijing.
(c) Winghou.
(d) Shanghai.

15. Where does the narrator go after Gao dies?
(a) China.
(b) Spain.
(c) Russia.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Bay at work that startles her?

2. What is Bayi glad for in the end of "Hotline Girl"?

3. What secret does Lulu tell the narrator when she first comes to visit him in college?

4. What does Gao's mother say was one defining aspect of his personality when he was a child?

5. How does Gao die?

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