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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Joan find out her mother is visiting Greenwich in Part II?
(a) She texts from an unknown American number.
(b) Her brother tells her.
(c) She runs into her on the train.
(d) She does not find out until her mother has traveled back home.

2. What airport does Joan fly out of for her trip to her father's funeral?
(a) Tetterboro.
(b) Newark.
(c) La Guardia.
(d) JFK.

3. What are math proofs like for Joan?
(a) Puzzles.
(b) Friends.
(c) Art work.
(d) Foes.

4. How long is Joan's flight back to the U.S. from China?
(a) 14 hours.
(b) 8 hours.
(c) 10 hours.
(d) 3 hours.

5. Why does Joan's mother say she did not want to move in with Joan?
(a) Joan does not have enough space.
(b) Joan has no money.
(c) Joan has no kids.
(d) She does not like Joan as much as she likes Fang.

6. What airport does Joan fly into in China in Part I?
(a) Fong.
(b) Kiwong.
(c) Pudong.
(d) Helong.

7. What do Fang's invitations usually come in?
(a) Silk envelopes.
(b) Cheap envelopes.
(c) Surprise cans.
(d) In the form of singing telegrams.

8. How many hours per day does Joan teach?
(a) 3 to 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 8.
(d) 1.

9. What is the Chinese phrase for gossiping?
(a) Chi Biao.
(b) Ho wen.
(c) Ni hao.
(d) Liao tian.

10. How does Joan's mother pronounce her name?
(a) Jo-won.
(b) Jen.
(c) Joanie.
(d) Joan-na.

11. Who is Joan's brother?
(a) Han.
(b) Jin.
(c) Wen.
(d) Fang.

12. Where does Fang live?
(a) Barcelona.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Greenwich.
(d) London.

13. What does Joan's mother desperately want to do in America?
(a) Eat out.
(b) Drive.
(c) Go to college.
(d) Chop down trees.

14. Who does Joan's closest male colleague really like at work?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Madeline.
(c) Joan.
(d) Helen.

15. How does Joan describe her features?
(a) Silly.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Repugnant.
(d) Prosaic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joan ask her mother not to tell Fang?

2. What does Fang do for a living?

3. What happens to Joan's neighbor after he becomes a father?

4. What advice does the doorman give to Joan in Part I?

5. What does Madeline once ask Joan as a joke?

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