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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. Why does the narrator get angry at Lulu's boyfriend after Lulu is sentenced to a long prison term?

2. Who becomes the narrator's wife?

3. Where does Lulu sneak into once when she and the narrator are children?

4. Where is one place Gao's mother takes the narrator when she visits?

5. Who is the person responsible for bringing the new fruit to the world?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bayi tell Keju that might actually help his family in "Hotline Girl"?

2. In the story "New Fruit," what kinds of feelings does the qiguo produce in people at first?

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

4. After Gao's suicide, how does the narrator begin to feel towards people whose marriages end due to infidelity?

5. What does the narrator think of the "dingzihu" in "Field Notes on a Marriage"?

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

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

8. How does the government handle the crisis apparently caused by the second season of qiguo?

9. What memory floods Lao Zhou after eating a plate of qiguo during the second season?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Cao Cao's neighbors support him at his lowest moment in the story titled "Flying Machine," and how does he feel about their actions? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

In the story "Gubeikou Spirit," what does it mean to Pan when Jun stops fighting and seems to accept the peoples' fate in the train station? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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