View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joan know about the year 2020 in Chinese tradition?
(a) It is meant to be hot.
(b) It is meant to be inauspicious.
(c) It is meant to be lucky.
(d) There are no predictions about it.

2. What kind of chair does Joan have that Mark sits in in Part III briefly?
(a) A small velvet chair.
(b) An Eames chair.
(c) A rocking chair.
(d) A folding metal chair.

3. What does Joan's last counselor ever ask her?
(a) If she had ever met with a counselor who was more like herself.
(b) If she thought she really needed counseling.
(c) If she ate enough.
(d) If she ever wanted to fall in love.

4. What does Mark give Joan for her apartment as a first large gift in Part III?
(a) A new stove.
(b) A blender.
(c) A chartreuse chair.
(d) A bed.

5. What does the New York skyline remind Joan of?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Bacteria.
(d) Viruses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reese say he really needs that prevents him from working as much as Joan does?

2. What does Joan say she feels as the daughter of immigrants?

3. Where does the new virus begin to emerge in Part III?

4. What does Joan's mother bring to the guest house for her?

5. How does Joan describe the character Holly Golightly?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Reese upset in Part III?

2. What does Fang ask when Joan tells him about her raise?

3. What does the Chinese phrase for "goodbye" really mean?

4. How does Mark take the news of the new virus that is circulating?

5. What iconic movie does Joan take objection to, and why?

6. Why does Tami initially come to America?

7. What does Madeline do when Joan tells her she is going on leave for six weeks?

8. What does Mark say the first time he sees Joan's apartment?

9. What television show does Joan start watching regularly that has been hugely popular?

10. What happened when Tami and Joan went to Tiffany's together?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 563 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample