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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. What job does the narrator take as he gets to be an older college student?
(a) Kitchen assistant.
(b) Administrative assistant.
(c) Law clerk.
(d) Construction worker.

2. In "Field Notes on a Marriage," why does Gao resist the idea of returning to China?
(a) He says it is dirty and not very charming.
(b) It is too cold in the winter.
(c) It is too expensive to go there.
(d) He has no family there any longer.

3. Who takes over qiguo production after the terrible second season?
(a) The government.
(b) A large cigar company.
(c) England.
(d) Spain.

4. What does the twins' mother do for work in "Lulu"?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Warehouse clerk.
(d) Writer.

5. What event does the narrator get to compete in towards the end of the story "Lulu"?
(a) The World Comicon.
(b) The Shanghai invitation.
(c) The Beijing World Event.
(d) The National Championships.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Keju say happened after Bayi broke up with him in "Hotline Girl"?

2. What do the rumors say has happened to the Sunshan farm?

3. How does Gao die?

4. What does Zhu Ayi's son do after tasting the qiguo?

5. What is the name of the new fruit?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the story "New Fruit," what kinds of feelings does the qiguo produce in people at first?

2. What does the narrator end up thinking about Lulu's boyfriend towards the end of the story?

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

4. How do the characters seem to feel about the prospect of trying qiguo after the disastrous second season?

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

6. What happens during the second season the qiguo is available?

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

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

9. Why do people keep eating the qiguo during the second season, even though it mostly makes people feel awful by then?

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

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