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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. After the surgery, what do the X-rays reveal about Jane?

2. Why did this development happen?

3. What does Ms. Helen want to make for the show?

4. What does the end of each episode of My American Wife! have?

5. How does Akiko feel about her and John's first date?

Short Essay Questions

1. What will help Akiko to gain weight and get her body ready to have a baby?

2. Why is the Japanese crew having an issue filming the American couple?

3. On what type of women do the Japanese ad executives wish to focus?

4. What does Jane think is impossible for her to do?

5. Why is John becoming controlling and temperamental about Akiko's visits to the bathroom?

6. What happened to Jane's first marriage?

7. After the initial happiness of getting a new job, why is Jane reluctant to take the position?

8. Just as Jane thinks she is getting herself into a serious relationship with Sloan, what happens?

9. Because the author is like the novel's main character, what distinct qualities does she bring to her protagonist?

10. What does the reader begin to suspect about Jane?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Jane and Sloan's relationship to Lara and Dyann.

How are these romantic relationships similar or different?

Explain how same-sex and heterosexual couples are still similar.

Essay Topic 2

As a filmmaker, Jane believes it is her job to tell the truth. Is this always the aim of filmmakers?

How can film be used as media propaganda?

How is Jane's own work almost turned into propaganda by the Japanese government?

Essay Topic 3

This novel places a lot of importance on strong female relationships.

Describe the following relationships and why they are necessary for the characters involved:

-Akiko and Jane

-Lara and Dyann

-Lara, Dyann, and Jane

-Jane and her mother

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