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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joan's mother do when she tries to hug her upon her departure from China?
(a) Hug Joan back.
(b) Recoil.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Tell Joan not to touch her.

2. What does Joan's mother tell her she wants to do while she is in America?
(a) Be there more for Joan and have them talk more often.
(b) Come to Joan's work.
(c) Cook for people on the street.
(d) Buy new clothes.

3. What does Joan's all-time favorite medical machine do?
(a) Fix bones.
(b) Takes brain scans.
(c) Bypass the heart and lungs to save lives.
(d) Cleans the blood.

4. What kills Joan's father?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) Cancer.
(c) A car accident.
(d) A stroke.

5. What do Fang's invitations usually come in?
(a) Cheap envelopes.
(b) In the form of singing telegrams.
(c) Silk envelopes.
(d) Surprise cans.

6. What do Fang and Joan qualify for in public school?
(a) Free clothes.
(b) Extra books.
(c) Free lunch.
(d) Sports instruction.

7. What does Joan's father apply for several times only to be rejected from?
(a) A bank loan.
(b) College admission.
(c) A driver's license.
(d) A teaching certification.

8. What does Joan think about when she thinks about people?
(a) How happy they can really be.
(b) How much space they take up.
(c) How much money they make.
(d) How they walk.

9. Where was Fang born?
(a) Wuhan.
(b) Shanghai.
(c) Beijing.
(d) Ho.

10. Where do Joan's parents live?
(a) China.
(b) United Kingdom.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) Germany.

11. What does the hospital director ask Joan in Part I?
(a) If she is planning on having kids.
(b) If she wants more time off.
(c) If she can speak Spanish.
(d) If she is color-blind.

12. What does Mark like to do?
(a) Cook.
(b) Play tennis.
(c) Play scrabble.
(d) Mow the lawn.

13. What do the doctors in the ICU always ask patients?
(a) Where it hurts.
(b) If they can stand to wait longer.
(c) If they are suffering from ARDS.
(d) If they are overweight.

14. What is one kind of degree the hospital director has?
(a) Art.
(b) Linguistics.
(c) Chemistry.
(d) History.

15. How many people come to Joan's father's funeral?
(a) 100.
(b) 19.
(c) 250.
(d) 1,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Joan's mother say she did not want to move in with Joan?

2. How long is Joan's flight back to the U.S. from China?

3. What do Joan and her mother frequently drink?

4. Who is Joan's brother?

5. How does Joan get out to Connecticut to visit her mother?

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