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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one classic book Mark gives Joan?
(a) The Grapes of Wrath.
(b) Pride and Prejudice.
(c) Wuthering Heights.
(d) The Catcher in the Rye.

2. What kills Joan's father?
(a) A stroke.
(b) A car accident.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) Cancer.

3. Where do Joan's parents live?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Germany.
(c) China.
(d) United Kingdom.

4. What does Joan's father do once on a visit to her at work rather than pay for parking?
(a) Keep the car running the whole time.
(b) Get a taxi.
(c) Bike to the hospital.
(d) Walk to the hospital.

5. How does Joan remember herself as a child?
(a) Artistic.
(b) Disastrously clumsy.
(c) Social.
(d) Gregarious.

6. How does Joan meet Mark?
(a) They stand in line for tickets together once.
(b) They go to the same church.
(c) They are co-workers.
(d) They are neighbors.

7. What advice does the doorman give to Joan in Part I?
(a) Always strive to be the bride.
(b) Install high-energy efficiency curtains in your home.
(c) Take heart and seize the day.
(d) Never wear socks with sandals.

8. What does Joan's mother do when she tries to hug her upon her departure from China?
(a) Recoil.
(b) Hug Joan back.
(c) Tell Joan not to touch her.
(d) Nothing.

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

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

11. What is Joan's first language?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Chinese.
(c) English.
(d) German.

12. Where did Fang go to college?
(a) Brown.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Yale.

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

14. Who is Joan's closest male colleague?
(a) Herbert.
(b) Winthrop.
(c) Reese.
(d) John.

15. What show does Mark not believe that Joan has not heard of?
(a) MASH.
(b) Three's Company.
(c) All in the Family.
(d) Seinfeld.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joan think about when she thinks about people?

2. Where does Fang live?

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

4. What does Joan like to feel in her work?

5. What do the doctors in the ICU always ask patients?

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