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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. Where does the narrator in "Field Notes on a Marriage" grow up?
(a) New York City.
(b) A farm in Indiana.
(c) China.
(d) Chicago.

2. Who delivers the twins in the story "Lulu"?
(a) Dr. Feng.
(b) Dr. Chen.
(c) Dr. Wen.
(d) Dr. Ping.

3. How does Bayi feel about her ex-boyfriend's family?
(a) She always liked them and still does.
(b) She never met them.
(c) She disliked them very much.
(d) She felt neutral about them.

4. What is different about Bayi's ex-boyfriend when she sees him?
(a) He is missing part of his arm.
(b) He is missing an eye.
(c) He has lost all his hair.
(d) He has gained a lot of weight.

5. What is Suqi driving when Bay sees her in the end of the story "Hotline Girl"?
(a) An unmarked government van.
(b) A garbage truck.
(c) A sedan.
(d) A sports car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gao's mother tell the narrator about his marriage when she visits his family alone?

2. In "Hotline Girl," what adorns the highways each spring?

3. Who does Lulu call from the police van the first time she is taken away?

4. How do the people on the street act the first season the new fruit is available?

5. Who is the person responsible for bringing the new fruit to the world?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do Lulu's parents react when she is arrested for her activities against the government?

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

5. Who is the only one to refuse to try the new fruit, and why, in the story "New Fruit?"

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

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

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

9. What memory floods Lao Zhou after eating a plate of qiguo during the second season?

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

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