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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. How did Joan and Fang afford college?

2. How does Joan think employers once saw her brother Fang?

3. What airport does Joan fly into in China in Part I?

4. How does Joan get out to Connecticut to visit her mother?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Joan's colleagues think is strange about her approach to her father's death?

2. What does Joan seem to think of Reese?

3. How does Joan generally get along with her neighbors?

4. How does Joan's father die?

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

6. What is unusual about how Joan visits her mother in Greenwich?

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

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

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

10. What question does Joan increasingly get from co-workers and friends as she ages?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Wang describe Joan's commitment to her job as a doctor? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What are some of Joan's memories of discrimination and racism that she experienced from her childhood? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Joan believe she "catastrophizes" around her family, but not at work? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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