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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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) Beats her.
(b) Calls the police to arrest her.
(c) Refers her to a family lawyer.
(d) Fires her and keeps her last two weeks' wages.

6. In the story "Land of Big Numbers," who is Zhu Feng's best friend?
(a) Zhou.
(b) Li.
(c) Ayi.
(d) Peng.

7. What does the narrator shout at the blonde woman he follows once in "On the Street Where You Live"?
(a) Slut.
(b) Pretty Lady.
(c) Bitch.
(d) Whore.

8. Why does the narrator get angry sometimes when he thinks of Lisette and Perry, and of Lisette's leaving?
(a) He thinks Lisette should have agreed to marry him.
(b) He thinks he should have been the one to be able to find Lisette.
(c) He thinks he should have been allowed to hug Lisette one last time.
(d) He thinks he should have been allowed to go back to China.

9. Who took Cao Cao's robot and used it for a while?
(a) The party secretary.
(b) A restaurant in town.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A lawyer.

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

11. What does Cao Cao most want to be?
(a) A farmer.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A party member.

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

13. What does Cao Cao do with most of the fruit he picks every season?
(a) Bakes it in a pie for himself and his wife.
(b) Gives it to his daughter.
(c) Gives it to the party secretary.
(d) Gives it to the homeless shelter.

14. What job does Xiaolei tell her parents she had secured in order to move from her hometown to the big city?
(a) A job at a daycare.
(b) A job at a hospital.
(c) A job at a microchip factory.
(d) A teaching job.

15. What is the name of Cao Cao's village?
(a) Big Duck Village.
(b) Ren Village.
(c) Peng Village.
(d) Mila Village.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Cao Cao's business cards say?

2. What does the handsome customer tell Xiaolei he does for a living?

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

4. What does Perry seem to think the narrator did to Lisette?

5. Who comes to collect the item the handsome man has left behind in "Shanghai Murmur"?

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