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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 would Jane like to film of which Ms. Helen is a part?

2. What gives Jane the advantage to create the show?

3. What will this TV show hopefully make others do?

4. Of what is Akiko becoming more and more aware?

5. As a result of the doctor visit, what has happened to John?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the good news concerning the Bukowskys?

2. Why does Akiko's husband want her to watch the show, My American Wife!?

3. Unfortunately for Akiko, what happens to her when John finds out she has purposefully become infertile?

4. Why does Jane have her production assistant take John to a strip club?

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

6. How did Akiko and John meet?

7. Ultimately, what does Jane want to show on My American Wife!?

8. When Purcell stops eating chicken parts, what happens?

9. What are the negative affects of the hormone known as diethylstilbestrol or DES?

10. How else does John try to take out his aggression?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a character analysis for John Unero.

Discuss the extreme differences in his hypocritical personality.

How does he force his wife to abide by one set of codes while he abides by another?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Akiko and Jane switch places as the novel progresses.

At what point in the novel do the two characters swap places?

Towards the end of the novel, how have they equalized into positive outcomes?

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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