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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 does the handsome customer in "Shanghai Murmur" live?
(a) The Greenway.
(b) Triumph Mansion.
(c) Burkshire.
(d) Helo Tower.

2. What does Old Li say to help Cao Cao's ego when the plane does not fly?
(a) It may not be a plane, but it is a good car.
(b) He knows how to fix it.
(c) There is one small problem - the plane just needs more gas.
(d) The plane is too stylish to fly.

3. What does Cao Cao decide to build in the story "Flying Machine"?
(a) A boat.
(b) A car.
(c) A corn-husking machine.
(d) A plane.

4. What does the handsome customer tell Xiaolei he does for a living?
(a) Sales.
(b) Law.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Food service.

5. What does Perry seem to think the narrator did to Lisette?
(a) Physically harmed her.
(b) Married her.
(c) Belittled her work.
(d) Reported her to the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Xiaolei do for the man in the apartment building who died?

2. What do Cao Cao's business cards say?

3. How does the person flying with Cao Cao feel when the plane is unable to get off the ground?

4. How does the narrator feel in jail when he thinks of how Perry looked in his apartment after he died?

5. What does Cao Cao do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Xiaolei so desperately want to move to the city in "Shanghai Murmur"?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is Anning's strongest memory of the time when she and Cao Cao got married?

9. What does Xiaolei do to honor the man who dies in her building in "Shanghai Murmur"?

10. Why does Xiaolei like her job at the flower shop?

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