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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Xiaolei's boss at her job?
(a) Peng.
(b) Lao Zhou.
(c) Feng.
(d) Youngjie.

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

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

4. Why does Anning wish she and Cao Cao had had a daughter?
(a) So her dowry would help them financially.
(b) So she could take care of them in their old age.
(c) So she could help on the farm.
(d) So she could go to college and earn a degree.

5. What does Zhu Feng's mother do for a living?
(a) Landscaper.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Cook.
(d) Care assistant in a nursing facility.

6. Why does Xiaolei refuse to give back the item the handsome man has left in the shop?
(a) Her boss tells her to steal it.
(b) She has sold it already.
(c) She wants to keep it, so she makes up a rule about only being able to give property back to the person who left it.
(d) She has misplaced it.

7. Where does the narrator see Perry again after giving him what he had been asking for for so long?
(a) A car race.
(b) The opera.
(c) The library.
(d) The grocery store.

8. 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.

9. Who is the village's party secretary?
(a) Peng.
(b) Ren.
(c) Fang.
(d) Jiang.

10. What did Lisette often ask the narrator for?
(a) Money.
(b) Sex.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Food.

11. What does the handsome customer tell Xiaolei he does for a living?
(a) Sales.
(b) Food service.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Law.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What work does the narrator of "On the Street Where You Live" do?

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

3. Who does Cao Cao try to woo to become what he most wants to be?

4. What does Xiaolei do for the man in the apartment building who died?

5. What is Xiaolei's only regret regarding the item she keeps from the handsome man?

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