View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to collect the item the handsome man has left behind in "Shanghai Murmur"?
(a) His best friend.
(b) His assistant.
(c) His wife.
(d) His mother.

2. What does the handsome man give Xiaolei when she asks what he does?
(a) His hat.
(b) His card.
(c) His lapel pin.
(d) His wallet.

3. What does the man's wife claim the item he left at the shop was worth?
(a) The price of the average house in the city.
(b) Almost nothing.
(c) One million dollars.
(d) Twenty times Xiaolei's monthly salary.

4. In the story "On the Street Where You Live," what does the narrator see in the jail?
(a) A dog.
(b) A cat.
(c) A rat.
(d) A slug.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator feed Perry when he comes back to the apartment?

2. What does Perry ask the narrator for?

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

4. Who is Cao Cao's wife?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 694 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample