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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 song is dedicated to the new fruit?

2. What job does the narrator take as he gets to be an older college student?

3. What does Lulu often call the narrator?

4. When does the narrator's fiance first learn about Lulu?

5. Who is Lulu's boyfriend?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who is the only one to refuse to try the new fruit, and why, in the story "New Fruit?"

7. How does eating the qiguo change people's behavior during the first season it is available?

8. How do the characters seem to feel about the prospect of trying qiguo after the disastrous second season?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Chen represent as the foundation and reasons for the narrator's affections and attentions to Lisette in the story "On the Street Where You Live?" Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think the narrator really kills Perry in the story "On the Street Where You Live," and how does the narrator feel about his actions afterwards? What does Chen communicate to the reader about the relationship between regret, guilt, and anger in this story? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

In the story "Gubeikou Spirit," how does Chen demonstrate to the reader that the people in the station have largely accepted their own imprisonment? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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