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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. When is Joan's mother supposed to go back to China?
(a) April.
(b) June.
(c) November.
(d) February.

2. What is the Chinese translation for "Son of a Bitch"?
(a) King of eight eggs.
(b) Thief.
(c) Nightwalker.
(d) Heathen.

3. What does the hospital director ask Joan if she wants on her last day before leaving work for a while?
(a) A new coat.
(b) A new family.
(c) A nespresso.
(d) A new job.

4. What does Joan give to Mark that is significant in Part III?
(a) A suncatcher.
(b) A cookbook.
(c) A ribbon.
(d) A key to her apartment.

5. What does Joan's mother tell her all women like to do?
(a) Gossip.
(b) Shop.
(c) Eat.
(d) Cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the difference between Mark and Kramer from Seinfeld?

2. What does Joan's last counselor ever ask her?

3. What does Joan spend more of her time doing in the winter?

4. What helps as a nurse, according to Joan?

5. What does Joan initially think the visit at work from the woman might be about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the hospital director worried about that he confides in Joan about?

2. What does Joan do when she only has one week of work at the hospital in December?

3. What is "chuang" supposed to feel like?

4. What happened when Tami and Joan went to Tiffany's together?

5. Why does Joan tell Mark she is off from work for an extended time?

6. In January, what alarming news comes from China?

7. Why does Fang so badly want Joan to move to Greenwich?

8. What does Mark give Joan that she knows she will not really make use of?

9. What is the first thing Joan realizes she cannot get because of supply chain disruptions?

10. What does Madeline do when Joan tells her she is going on leave for six weeks?

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