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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 the reader feel for Jane as this section of the book draws to a close?

2. What has become of Jane's outlook on life?

3. To what other risks has Rose Dunn been exposed?

4. To whom does Bunny show Jane's documentary?

5. What happens to John at the end of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does John get what he deserves?

2. What turns around for Jane in this section of the novel?

3. Although Akiko is not yet in the clear, what does she feel about her life?

4. How do the two women's lives change?

5. As Jane wakes up from the hospital, what does she feel?

6. What is astounding concerning the Dunn's young daughter?

7. Why does Gale seem so aggressive?

8. How do things turn around for Jane?

9. As the book progresses, what is happening to Akiko?

10. As Jane walks about the feedlot in Coloardo, how does she feel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

As the book draws to a close, the reader concludes that both Jane and Akiko are survivors.

Against what are the two women survivors?

Although their cultures are different, what makes them survivors?

Essay Topic 3

Describe what a literary foil is.

Are Akiko and Jane literary foils of one another?

Why or why not?

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