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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator's mother say when the narrator's fiance asks where Lulu is?

2. Who is the best worker at the hotline?

3. What is the undertone of taste of the new fruit?

4. Where does Bayi meet her ex-boyfriend?

5. What were the crates that the new fruit arrived in labeled?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does the narrator tell his fiance Mao Xin about his sister in the story "Lulu?"

2. How do Lulu's parents react when she is arrested for her activities against the government?

3. How does Bayi leave things with Keju in "Hotline Girl"?

4. In "Hotline Girl," why is Bayi so disturbed at hearing Keju's voice on her phone?

5. What did Gao and his school friends think was going on with Mouse in "Field Notes on a Marriage"?

6. What does Lulu seem to think of the narrator's decision to focus so much on video games?

7. In "Hotline Girl," How does Bayi feel about her work?

8. In the story "Lulu," how does the narrator become aware of Lulu's protests against the government?

9. In "Field Notes on a Marriage," why is Gao reluctant to visit China with the narrator?

10. Why do people keep eating the qiguo during the second season, even though it mostly makes people feel awful by then?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the story "Hotline Girl," how does Chen illustrate the nature of the Chinese government's interactions with its citizens through Bayi's work experiences at the hotline? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

In the story "Gubeikou Spirit," why do you think the people in the train station put up with their predicament for so long? What specific ideas and aspects of living under Communist rule does Chen use Pan's and the others' experiences trapped in the train station to explore and explain? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Lisette treat the narrator in the story "On the Street Where You Live," and how aware is the narrator of the more negative aspects of their relationship? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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