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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What kind of robot does Cao Cao make?
(a) A fruit-picking robot.
(b) A singing robot.
(c) A dish-washing robot.
(d) A noodle-slicing robot.

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

5. What ride does the narrator insist on taking Lisette on that she refuses to go on?
(a) Teacups.
(b) Tunnel of Love.
(c) The Ferris Wheel.
(d) The roller coaster.

6. What does Old Li say to help Cao Cao's ego when the plane does not fly?
(a) The plane is too stylish to fly.
(b) He knows how to fix it.
(c) It may not be a plane, but it is a good car.
(d) There is one small problem - the plane just needs more gas.

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

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

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

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

11. What does Zhu Feng find out about his father during the course of the story?
(a) He was one a professor.
(b) He was once a protester.
(c) He was once a doctor.
(d) He was once a landscaper.

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

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

14. What does Cao Cao do for a living?
(a) Practice medicine.
(b) Farm.
(c) Practice law.
(d) Construction.

15. Who is Cao Cao's closest friend?
(a) Pen.
(b) Old Li.
(c) Peng.
(d) Feng.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do some people in the village dislike the party secretary?

2. Who is Cao Cao's wife?

3. What is special about the item the handsome man leaves in the shop in "Shanghai Murmur"?

4. How did the narrator of "On the Street Where You Live" meet Perry?

5. What does Perry find in the narrator's apartment that upsets him badly?

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