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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Joan remember herself as a child?
(a) Artistic.
(b) Gregarious.
(c) Social.
(d) Disastrously clumsy.

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

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

4. What is one classic book Mark gives Joan?
(a) Pride and Prejudice.
(b) The Catcher in the Rye.
(c) Wuthering Heights.
(d) The Grapes of Wrath.

5. Who does the doorman think Joan should get together with?
(a) Mark.
(b) Herbert.
(c) Mike.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Fang go to college?

2. What does Joan's father do once on a visit to her at work rather than pay for parking?

3. Who is Joan's closest male colleague?

4. What does the hospital director ask Joan in Part I?

5. What is Joan's first language?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Chinese phrase "to chat" - "liao tian" - literally mean (43)?

2. What does Joan's doorman often say to her?

3. When do Joan's parents move back to China from America?

4. How does Joan find out her mother is in Greenwich?

5. What is the first death Joan can remember witnessing and processing?

6. What does Joan's mother like to consume regularly?

7. What question does Joan increasingly get from co-workers and friends as she ages?

8. What does Joan like to feel like after her long shifts?

9. What gestures do Joan and her mother do before Joan leaves her father's funeral?

10. How does Joan generally get along with her neighbors?

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