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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the narrator's fiance first learn about Lulu?
(a) When she sees Lulu on the news.
(b) During a visit to his parents' house when she sees a picture there.
(c) When the narrator's aunt mentions Lulu offhandedly.
(d) When the narrator gets a call from Lulu.

2. Where does the narrator go after Gao dies?
(a) Spain.
(b) England.
(c) Russia.
(d) China.

3. What does Mr. Sun do when Pang Ayi tells him of her relationship with Lao Zhou?
(a) Walks into traffic.
(b) Moves to America.
(c) Gets a new job.
(d) Nothing.

4. How does Gao die?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Car accident.

5. Who was the first on the street to try the new fruit?
(a) Pen.
(b) Mrs. Ying.
(c) Lao Zhou.
(d) Ruby.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which school child does Gao tell the narrator about?

2. What does Lulu wear at her trial?

3. Who seems to have a buried affection for Lao Zhou?

4. In "Field Notes on a Marriage," why does Gao resist the idea of returning to China?

5. How does Mr. Feng say eating his first qiguo made him feel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Suqi do as a job on the side in "Hotline Girl" that Bayi knows is quite dark?

2. How does Bayi leave things with Keju in "Hotline Girl"?

3. What haunts Gao from his childhood that he tells the narrator once?

4. Why does Mr. Sun end up in the hospital in the story "New Fruit"?

5. In the story "Lulu," what secret does Lulu tell the narrator that shocks him shortly after they both start college?

6. How does eating the qiguo change people's behavior during the first season it is available?

7. In the story "Lulu," how do Lulu's parents feel about her bright prospects?

8. What does "qiguo" mean in the story "New Fruit"?

9. How does the government handle the crisis apparently caused by the second season of qiguo?

10. In the story "Lulu," how does the narrator become aware of Lulu's protests against the government?

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