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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 does Joan's father do once on a visit to her at work rather than pay for parking?

2. Where does Fang live?

3. What does Joan's all-time favorite medical machine do?

4. How did Joan and Fang afford college?

5. What is Joan's first language?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the hospital director suddenly offer Joan in Part II?

2. What does Joan's doorman often say to her?

3. How does Fang make Joan feel in general?

4. What is one reason Joan does not like to go to her brother's big parties?

5. What does the Chinese phrase "to chat" - "liao tian" - literally mean (43)?

6. What shocks Mark about Joan in Part II?

7. What gestures do Joan and her mother do before Joan leaves her father's funeral?

8. What does Joan like to feel like after her long shifts?

9. When do Joan's parents move back to China from America?

10. Why does Joan say she chose to work in intensive care?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What pressures does Joan feel - and from which sources - to have children as she ages? How does she handle these intrusive pressures? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Where does Joan feel most at home, and how does she describe her sense of home? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Wang describe Joan's changing relationship with her own mother as the novel continues? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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