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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 say she feels as the daughter of immigrants?

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

3. What is tidal volume?

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

5. What does the hospital director ask Joan if she wants on her last day before leaving work for a while?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Reese upset in Part III?

2. What does the woman from HR tell Joan in Part IV?

3. What does the Chinese phrase for "goodbye" really mean?

4. What iconic movie does Joan take objection to, and why?

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

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

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

8. How does Mark take the news of the new virus that is circulating?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Joan's and Fang's financial situations contrast with those of their own parents from their childhood years? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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