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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 is one big reason Bayi left her ex-boyfriend?
(a) He told her to leave.
(b) He stole her money.
(c) He physically abused her.
(d) He was unfaithful to her.

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

3. How do the people on the street act the first season the new fruit is available?
(a) They are sadder.
(b) They are more likely to take trips with each other.
(c) They are meaner.
(d) They are kinder.

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

5. 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) He has no family there any longer.
(d) It is too expensive to go there.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bayi meet her ex-boyfriend?

2. What activity does the narrator become very good at in college?

3. What did Gao and the others think a particular outsider child in their school was?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When does the narrator tell his fiance Mao Xin about his sister in the story "Lulu?"

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. In "Field Notes on a Marriage," why is Gao reluctant to visit China with the narrator?

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

10. What did Gao and his school friends think was going on with Mouse in "Field Notes on a Marriage"?

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