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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 man tell Wittman that he once was?

2. What does the girl turn into when they cross the Golden Gate Bridge?

3. What university did Wittman Ah Sing attend?

4. What is Nanci tired of being typecast as?

5. Where did Wittman buy his three piece suit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wittmann see when he has an acid flashback?

2. What does Wittman fantasize about on the bus?

3. What does Wittman write about long into the night?

4. How does Wittman maintain his integrity at work?

5. How does Gabe help out Wittman and Tasa?

6. How do Wittman and Tasa celebrate their marriage?

7. What does Wittman dream about in chapter 2?

8. What does Wittman tell Nanci about his life?

9. What does Wittman think about the girl sitting on the stairs?

10. Who does Wittman tell Nanci he really is?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does she use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Wittman's Chinese ethnicity affected one of the following areas in her life.

1) Work.

2) Social life.

3) Intimate relationships.

4) Family.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1960s? How does the author express these concerns?

2) How would the author change the novel if it was set in today's society?

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