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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 is one place Xiaolei used to go often on her days off, but recently stopped going to so often?
(a) The Mountain.
(b) The library.
(c) The Bund.
(d) The Club.

2. What ride does Lisette take the narrator on right before she leaves?
(a) Sunflower Bunnies.
(b) The roller coaster.
(c) The Ferris Wheel.
(d) Tunnel of Love.

3. Where does Xiaolei go on her day off after keeping the handsome man's item?
(a) Triumph Mansion.
(b) Richard's Bluff.
(c) The bottle factory.
(d) Her hometown.

4. Who is Zhu Feng's father?
(a) Feng.
(b) Boyang.
(c) Hou.
(d) Peng.

5. How does Zhu Feng decide to try to make more money?
(a) In the stock market.
(b) By working as a DJ on weekends.
(c) By working nights as a chef.
(d) By selling bootleg music.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zhu Feng's mother do for a living?

2. Why does the narrator get angry sometimes when he thinks of Lisette and Perry, and of Lisette's leaving?

3. What does Cao Cao most want to be?

4. What does the handsome man in "Shanghai Murmur" leave behind that Xiaolei keeps?

5. What does Perry ask the narrator for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lisette treat the narrator in the story "On the Street Where You Live"?

2. In "Flying Machine," what does Cao Cao have a talent for?

3. What does Perry ask for that he thinks might help find Lisette, and why will the narrator not give it to him at first?

4. What does Perry mistakenly think the narrator has done with Lisette?

5. In "Flying Machine," how do Cao Cao's efforts to win over the local Communist Party work out?

6. What does Xiaolei start to think about the handsome and well-dressed man who gets flowers almost every week?

7. How does Old Li save Cao Cao's pride in the story "Flying Machine"?

8. In "Land of Big Numbers," why is Zhu Feng jealous of Li?

9. What is one sacrifice Cao Cao makes to please the local Communist leader every season?

10. What does Xiaolei's boss at the flower shop do when she finds out Xiaolei has lost the pen?

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