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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 did Gao and his friends do to an outcast when they were school children?
(a) Poisoned him.
(b) Threw him down a well.
(c) Reported him to the police.
(d) Beat him to death.

2. Who becomes the narrator's wife?
(a) Mao Xin.
(b) Li Han.
(c) Xiaolei.
(d) Lao Tang.

3. What does Keju say happened after Bayi broke up with him in "Hotline Girl"?
(a) He went a little crazy.
(b) He got a new job.
(c) He moved to America for a while.
(d) He moved back in with his parents.

4. What does the twins' father do for a living in the story "Lulu"?
(a) Sanitation worker.
(b) Writer.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Doctor.

5. What color is Bayi's lanyard?
(a) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Gao go after the traumatic incident in his childhood?

2. Where does the narrator meet his fiance?

3. What is one big reason Bayi left her ex-boyfriend?

4. What gift do the twins' parents get for them when they go to college?

5. What does the twins' father's division chief decide to build a toilet in the shape of?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the narrator end up thinking about Lulu's boyfriend towards the end of the story?

3. Why does Mr. Sun end up in the hospital in the story "New Fruit"?

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

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

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

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

8. In the story "Lulu," what secret does Lulu tell the narrator that shocks him shortly after they both start college?

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

10. What does Suqi do as a job on the side in "Hotline Girl" that Bayi knows is quite dark?

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