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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 give Xiaolei when she asks what he does?
(a) His hat.
(b) His card.
(c) His wallet.
(d) His lapel pin.

2. What does the lettering on Xiaolei's sweatpants say that she wears on her day off?
(a) Team.
(b) Juciy.
(c) Superstar.
(d) Righteous.

3. What pet does Zhu Feng's father have?
(a) A red-billed songbird.
(b) A hamster.
(c) A parrot.
(d) A rabbit.

4. What does Cao Cao decide to build in the story "Flying Machine"?
(a) A plane.
(b) A boat.
(c) A corn-husking machine.
(d) A car.

5. How does Zhu Feng decide to try to make more money?
(a) In the stock market.
(b) By selling bootleg music.
(c) By working as a DJ on weekends.
(d) By working nights as a chef.

6. Who does Zhu Feng work for?
(a) The government.
(b) A luxury hotel.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A flower shop.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Perry die?

3. What does Cao Cao do with most of the fruit he picks every season?

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

5. Who asks to ride in the plane after it fails to get off the ground?

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