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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does the doorman give to Joan in Part I?
(a) Take heart and seize the day.
(b) Install high-energy efficiency curtains in your home.
(c) Always strive to be the bride.
(d) Never wear socks with sandals.

2. How does Joan get out to Connecticut to visit her mother?
(a) Car.
(b) Train.
(c) Bus.
(d) Ferry.

3. What is the Chinese phrase for gossiping?
(a) Chi Biao.
(b) Liao tian.
(c) Ni hao.
(d) Ho wen.

4. What is Joan's first language?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Chinese.
(c) English.
(d) German.

5. What show does Mark not believe that Joan has not heard of?
(a) Seinfeld.
(b) Three's Company.
(c) All in the Family.
(d) MASH.

6. What does Joan like to feel in her work?
(a) Drudgery in her pursuit of use.
(b) Invigorated.
(c) Arrogant.
(d) Helpless.

7. What does Joan not own that surprises Mark?
(a) A microwave.
(b) A refrigerator.
(c) A baseball bat.
(d) A television.

8. What does Joan's father do once on a visit to her at work rather than pay for parking?
(a) Bike to the hospital.
(b) Get a taxi.
(c) Keep the car running the whole time.
(d) Walk to the hospital.

9. What does Joan ask her mother not to tell Fang?
(a) That Joan wants to move to China.
(b) That Joan visited the house.
(c) That Joan is quitting her job.
(d) That Joan is having a baby.

10. What airport does Joan fly into in China in Part I?
(a) Kiwong.
(b) Fong.
(c) Pudong.
(d) Helong.

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

12. What is Joan's favorite medical machine?
(a) ECMO.
(b) Helios.
(c) ROMO.
(d) JACMO.

13. What does Madeline once ask Joan as a joke?
(a) If she can cook well.
(b) If she can rake leaves.
(c) How she feels about having kids.
(d) If she is in love with her neighbor.

14. Why did Joan's classmates as children sometimes ask her to speak Chinese?
(a) So they could scare the teachers.
(b) So they could record her.
(c) So they could hear her native tongue because they were curious.
(d) Just so they could make fun of her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the doorman think Joan should get together with?

2. What does Joan feel uncomfortable about on her trip to China?

3. How does Joan think employers once saw her brother Fang?

4. Where does Fang want Joan to move eventually?

5. What does Joan do for Thanksgiving?

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