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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 Lulu often call the narrator?
(a) Honey.
(b) My Best Friend.
(c) Traitor.
(d) Big Brother.

2. What secret does Lulu tell the narrator when she first comes to visit him in college?
(a) She is a lesbian.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is going to America.
(d) She is dropping out of college.

3. What color is Bayi's lanyard?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Green.

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

5. Who does the narrator begin to think actually knows Lulu better than anyone else in the family?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His sister.
(d) His brother.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What special day does the country celebrate together towards the end of "New Fruit"?

4. What were the crates that the new fruit arrived in labeled?

5. What mostly happens when people eat qiguo in the second season?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In "Hotline Girl," why is Bayi so disturbed at hearing Keju's voice on her phone?

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

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

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

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

9. What changes after Pang Ayi and Lao Zhou eat the qiguo in "New Fruit"?

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

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