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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. What does Joan notice about the hospital director's secretary?
(a) Her nice dress.
(b) Her speech challenges.
(c) Her eye makeup.
(d) Her bright red hair.

2. What do Joan and her mother frequently drink?
(a) Iced tea.
(b) Hot water.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Lemonade.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Joan's classmates as children sometimes ask her to speak Chinese?

2. Where did Joan go to college?

3. What happens to Joan's neighbor after he becomes a father?

4. What show does Mark not believe that Joan has not heard of?

5. What does the hospital director offer Joan in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Fang make Joan feel in general?

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

3. What surprises Joan's colleagues about her when they hear her on the phone?

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

5. What does Fang insist on when he and Joan fly to China together?

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

7. What shocks Mark about Joan in Part II?

8. What did Joan once read that empathy involves?

9. What kind of work does Fang do and how does he feel about it?

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

(see the answer keys)

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