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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 special about the item the handsome man leaves in the shop in "Shanghai Murmur"?
(a) It is expensive, and a gift from his boss.
(b) It is a family heirloom.
(c) It is a gift from the king.
(d) It is magical.

2. What does the narrator feed Perry when he comes back to the apartment?
(a) An omelette.
(b) Chips.
(c) Cereal.
(d) Cake.

3. What happens when the man upstairs from Xiaolei dies in the story "Shanghai Murmur"?
(a) It takes other tenants days to notice.
(b) The authorities came right away to burn the body.
(c) The whole apartment building cried.
(d) The ceiling fell in.

4. What does Zhu Feng find out about his father during the course of the story?
(a) He was once a protester.
(b) He was once a doctor.
(c) He was one a professor.
(d) He was once a landscaper.

5. Who does Zhu Feng borrow money from?
(a) Bayi.
(b) Peng.
(c) Li.
(d) Fang.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks to ride in the plane after it fails to get off the ground?

2. Who is the village's party secretary?

3. What ride does Lisette take the narrator on right before she leaves?

4. Where does the narrator see Perry again after giving him what he had been asking for for so long?

5. What happened to Zhu Feng's father when he was a young man that affected his life later?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Cao Cao work so relentlessly on his airplane?

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Xiaolei become obsessed with the pen for years after losing it?

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

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