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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 does Gao's mother say was one defining aspect of his personality when he was a child?
(a) Anger.
(b) Competitiveness.
(c) Suspicion.
(d) Fear.

2. What does Keju say happened after Bayi broke up with him in "Hotline Girl"?
(a) He moved to America for a while.
(b) He moved back in with his parents.
(c) He got a new job.
(d) He went a little crazy.

3. Where did Gao go after the traumatic incident in his childhood?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Spain.

4. What does Lulu begin criticizing online?
(a) The Chinese government.
(b) Corporations.
(c) America.
(d) Europe.

5. What kind of hotline does Bayi work for?
(a) Makeup help line.
(b) Clothing company help line.
(c) Telephone company help line.
(d) Government help line.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes over qiguo production after the terrible second season?

2. What does the twins' father's division chief decide to build a toilet in the shape of?

3. How does Bayi feel about her ex-boyfriend's family?

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

5. What does the color of Bayi's lanyard indicate?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Gao's suicide, how does the narrator begin to feel towards people whose marriages end due to infidelity?

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

3. What does the narrator think of the "dingzihu" in "Field Notes on a Marriage"?

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

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

6. What does Bayi tell Keju that might actually help his family in "Hotline Girl"?

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

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

9. In "Hotline Girl," How does Bayi feel about her work?

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

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