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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the handsome man in "Shanghai Murmur" leave behind that Xiaolei keeps?
(a) A good pen.
(b) His tie.
(c) His photo.
(d) His wallet.

2. What ride does Lisette take the narrator on right before she leaves?
(a) Sunflower Bunnies.
(b) The roller coaster.
(c) Tunnel of Love.
(d) The Ferris Wheel.

3. What happens when the man upstairs from Xiaolei dies in the story "Shanghai Murmur"?
(a) The whole apartment building cried.
(b) The ceiling fell in.
(c) The authorities came right away to burn the body.
(d) It takes other tenants days to notice.

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

5. Where does Xiaolei go on her day off after keeping the handsome man's item?
(a) Triumph Mansion.
(b) Richard's Bluff.
(c) The bottle factory.
(d) Her hometown.

6. Where does the handsome customer in "Shanghai Murmur" live?
(a) The Greenway.
(b) Triumph Mansion.
(c) Burkshire.
(d) Helo Tower.

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

8. Who is Cao Cao's wife?
(a) Bayi.
(b) Xiaolei.
(c) Ri.
(d) Anning.

9. Who asks to ride in the plane after it fails to get off the ground?
(a) Cao Cao's son.
(b) The party secretary.
(c) One of the town's youth.
(d) Cao Cao's father.

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

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

12. What work does the narrator of "On the Street Where You Live" do?
(a) Landscaping.
(b) Construction.
(c) Design amusement park rides.
(d) Accounting.

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

14. What do Cao Cao's business cards say?
(a) Inventor and Grassroots Engineer.
(b) Construction Worker.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Lawyer.

15. How did the narrator of "On the Street Where You Live" meet Perry?
(a) They worked together.
(b) Perry was in the narrator's language group.
(c) Perry came to his apartment looking for Lisette.
(d) Perry asked the narrator to help fix his roof.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job was Lisette doing when the narrator met her?

2. Why does Anning wish she and Cao Cao had had a daughter?

3. How does Zhu Feng decide to try to make more money?

4. Who does Zhu Feng work for?

5. What does Perry ask the narrator for?

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