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

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

3. What happens to Joan's neighbor after he becomes a father?
(a) He quits his job.
(b) He has an affair.
(c) He buys a dog.
(d) He spends a lot of time in the apartment laundry room.

4. What does Fang do for a living?
(a) Hedge fund manager.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Professor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Joan find out her mother is visiting Greenwich in Part II?

2. Where do Joan's parents live?

3. Who is Joan's brother?

4. How does Joan think death can be handled?

5. How long does Joan travel for for her father's funeral?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the hospital director suddenly offer Joan in Part II?

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

3. What does Joan seem to think of Reese?

4. How does Joan's father die?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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