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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator feel in jail when he thinks of how Perry looked in his apartment after he died?
(a) Suspicious.
(b) Wracked with guilt.
(c) Satisfied.
(d) Calm.

2. What does Cao Cao disassemble to make his plane?
(a) A dasiki.
(b) A different plane he made once.
(c) An old jiqirien.
(d) An old car.

3. What is special about the item the handsome man leaves in the shop in "Shanghai Murmur"?
(a) It is expensive, and a gift from his boss.
(b) It is a family heirloom.
(c) It is magical.
(d) It is a gift from the king.

4. What order does the handsome man always pick up when Xiaolei waits on him?
(a) Seven red roses and three lilies.
(b) Three tulips.
(c) Nine orchids.
(d) A dozen roses.

5. What job does Xiaolei have in the beginning of the story?
(a) Chef.
(b) Microchip assembly line worker.
(c) Flower seller.
(d) Customer service representative.

6. Who is Zhu Feng's father?
(a) Peng.
(b) Feng.
(c) Hou.
(d) Boyang.

7. What is Xiaolei's only regret regarding the item she keeps from the handsome man?
(a) She had not written her diary with it.
(b) She had not sold it.
(c) She had not returned it.
(d) She had not spent more time with it.

8. Who flies with Cao Cao on the first attempted flight in his plane?
(a) His daughter.
(b) The party secretary.
(c) His son.
(d) Anning.

9. Where is one place Xiaolei used to go often on her days off, but recently stopped going to so often?
(a) The library.
(b) The Bund.
(c) The Club.
(d) The Mountain.

10. What does Perry ask the narrator for?
(a) To borrow tools.
(b) How to say certain words in Chinese.
(c) A piece of Lisette's mail.
(d) To take over the engineering tasks at work.

11. What does Perry seem to think the narrator did to Lisette?
(a) Belittled her work.
(b) Physically harmed her.
(c) Reported her to the police.
(d) Married her.

12. In the story "On the Street Where You Live," what does the narrator see in the jail?
(a) A dog.
(b) A rat.
(c) A cat.
(d) A slug.

13. What does the man's wife claim the item he left at the shop was worth?
(a) The price of the average house in the city.
(b) Almost nothing.
(c) Twenty times Xiaolei's monthly salary.
(d) One million dollars.

14. What does Xiaolei's boss at the shop do when she finds out Xiaolei has refused to give the man's item back and then lost it?
(a) Calls the police to arrest her.
(b) Fires her and keeps her last two weeks' wages.
(c) Refers her to a family lawyer.
(d) Beats her.

15. What is the party secretary wearing when he opens his door when Cao Cao brings him the fruit?
(a) A fine suit.
(b) A pair of expensive shorts.
(c) A robe.
(d) A new, fine leather jacket.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ride does the narrator insist on taking Lisette on that she refuses to go on?

2. What does the narrator eventually give to Perry after he keeps asking?

3. In the story "Land of Big Numbers," who is Zhu Feng's best friend?

4. What happened to Zhu Feng's father when he was a young man that affected his life later?

5. What does Zhu Feng find out about his father during the course of the story?

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