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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. The crew's driver, Dave, is accustomed to what practices?

2. Because of the two new shows, what could Jane lose?

3. What happens to the show My American Wife!?

4. What is odd about this?

5. What does Jane walk by as she thinks about names for the baby?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Jane arrested?

3. What are some of the cruel practices that happen when cows are slaughtered?

4. Why does John get what he deserves?

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

6. How does Gale react when Jane tells him what the hormones have done to his body?

7. When they discuss Dave's background, what does the crew learn?

8. Why don't the Japanese producers like this couple?

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

10. Why does Gale seem so aggressive?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ozeki uses parallel story lines between Akiko and Jane. How does the author use this technique to move her plot forward?

Does she use the technique successfully?

Essay Topic 2

Akiko seems to seek happiness that money and status cannot buy.

For what sort of happiness does she strive?

Does she think she will be able to create it without her husband?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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