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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 last counselor ever ask her?

2. What does Joan own to help her keep her apartment clean?

3. What did Joan's father sometimes call her?

4. What does Reese throw towards Joan that she fails to catch?

5. How does Joan describe the character Holly Golightly?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fang ask when Joan tells him about her raise?

2. What happens to Reese's desk in his absence from work?

3. Why does Tami initially come to America?

4. Why is Reese upset in Part III?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why were Joan's counselors worried about her when she was young?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think Wang means to communicate to the reader about medicine and Reese's character through his interactions with Joan? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

How does Joan feel about her Chinese heritage, and how does Wang describe her reluctance to talk about or exhibit her Chinese connections in front of her colleagues, especially? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions

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