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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 did Tami's parents do for a living in China?
(a) Writers.
(b) High school teachers.
(c) Lawyers.
(d) Doctors.

2. What does Joan spend more of her time doing in the winter?
(a) Surfing.
(b) Eating.
(c) Watching television.
(d) Drinking.

3. What does Madeline do when Joan tells her what she is about to do regarding work?
(a) Shakes Joan's chair and tells her she cannot leave Madeline like Reese did.
(b) Tells Joan good luck.
(c) Tells Joan to go get married.
(d) Tells Joan she never liked Joan anyway.

4. What is the difference between Mark and Kramer from Seinfeld?
(a) Mark has crazier hair than Kramer.
(b) Kramer is nicer than Mark.
(c) Kramer is funnier than Mark.
(d) Mark only brings food to Joan, he never takes it.

5. How is Reese after his meeting with the hospital director?
(a) In a bad mood.
(b) Crying.
(c) In a great mood.
(d) Indifferent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the three "R's" the woman who visits Joan at work talks about?

2. What kind of chair does Joan have that Mark sits in in Part III briefly?

3. What does Joan initially think the visit at work from the woman might be about?

4. How much does Reese say he is in debt from medical school?

5. What does Joan's mother particularly love to eat at Fang's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Joan do when she only has one week of work at the hospital in December?

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

4. What is "chuang" supposed to feel like?

5. In January, what alarming news comes from China?

6. Why does Mark give so many things to Joan?

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

8. What happens to Joan's relationship with Mark during her sabbatical?

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

10. What is the hospital director worried about that he confides in Joan about?

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