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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 the lettering on Xiaolei's sweatpants say that she wears on her day off?
(a) Team.
(b) Superstar.
(c) Righteous.
(d) Juciy.

2. What is the party secretary wearing when he opens his door when Cao Cao brings him the fruit?
(a) A fine suit.
(b) A robe.
(c) A pair of expensive shorts.
(d) A new, fine leather jacket.

3. What does the narrator shout at the blonde woman he follows once in "On the Street Where You Live"?
(a) Whore.
(b) Bitch.
(c) Pretty Lady.
(d) Slut.

4. What happens when Xiaolei knocks on the handsome man's door?
(a) He does not answer.
(b) He asks for his pen back.
(c) He calls the police when he sees her.
(d) He answers and does not recognize her at all.

5. How does Perry die?
(a) Car accident.
(b) The narrator stabs him.
(c) The narrator pushes him and he hits his head on the radiator in the apartment.
(d) The narrator suffocates him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do some people in the village dislike the party secretary?

2. What does Perry seem to think the narrator did to Lisette?

3. Why does Xiaolei refuse to give back the item the handsome man has left in the shop?

4. Why does Xiaolei have to wake so early for work on Fridays?

5. What work does the narrator of "On the Street Where You Live" do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Anning feel when she and Cao Cao try his plane out with the town watching?

2. What does Zhu Feng do to try to get more money to invest in the stock market?

3. What happens to Cao Cao's noodle robot?

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

5. Why does the narrator in "On the Street Where You Live" let Lisette treat him the way she does?

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

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

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

9. How does Xiaolei feel after visiting the handsome, rich man's apartment in the story "Shanghai Murmur"?

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

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