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

2. What does the name of the new fruit mean?
(a) Farm fruit.
(b) Peculiar fruit.
(c) Windy fruit.
(d) Happy fruit.

3. What is one reason Gao says he and the narrator should get married?
(a) Neither have ever done it.
(b) They have the same research interests.
(c) They can save on their rent.
(d) It is good to have joint health insurance.

4. What does Zhu Ayi's son do after tasting the qiguo?
(a) Moves to America.
(b) Moves south to become a painter.
(c) Marries the man he loves.
(d) Marries the woman he loves.

5. What does Bayi's mother tell her about Keju once?
(a) Keju will be a good father.
(b) Keju's family is not respectable.
(c) Keju is dangerous.
(d) Bayi will never find anyone else who loves her so much.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the narrator's fiance first learn about Lulu?

2. What does the narrator's mother say when the narrator's fiance asks where Lulu is?

3. What color is Bayi's lanyard?

4. What secret does Lulu tell the narrator when she first comes to visit him in college?

5. Who calls Bay at work that startles her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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