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

2. Why do some people in the village dislike the party secretary?
(a) He is never in the town but rather always at his vacation home.
(b) They say he skims money from the town for himself and does not do his share of the work.
(c) He never patronizes the town's businesses.
(d) He is rude to them.

3. Where does the narrator see Perry again after giving him what he had been asking for for so long?
(a) A car race.
(b) The opera.
(c) The library.
(d) The grocery store.

4. What does Old Li say to help Cao Cao's ego when the plane does not fly?
(a) He knows how to fix it.
(b) There is one small problem - the plane just needs more gas.
(c) The plane is too stylish to fly.
(d) It may not be a plane, but it is a good car.

5. What does the handsome man in "Shanghai Murmur" leave behind that Xiaolei keeps?
(a) His tie.
(b) A good pen.
(c) His wallet.
(d) His photo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Xiaolei knocks on the handsome man's door?

2. What job does Xiaolei tell her parents she had secured in order to move from her hometown to the big city?

3. What do the villagers go up the mountain to gather in the story "Flying Machine"?

4. What does Perry seem to think the narrator did to Lisette?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Cao Cao suspect about the party secretary in "Flying Machine"?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is Cao Cao's relationship with his son like?

9. What does Xiaolei's boss at the flower shop do when she finds out Xiaolei has lost the pen?

10. Why does Xiaolei get in an altercation with the handsome customer's wife?

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