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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fang do for a living?

2. How does Joan describe her own physical appearance?

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

4. Where does Fang want to take Joan when he comes to visit her in Boston during college?

5. How many hours per day does Joan teach?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Joan's colleagues think is strange about her approach to her father's death?

2. What did Joan once read that empathy involves?

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

4. What does Joan seem to think of Reese?

5. What is unusual about how Joan visits her mother in Greenwich?

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

7. How does Fang make Joan feel in general?

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

9. What is one reason Joan does not like to go to her brother's big parties?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where does Joan feel most at home, and how does she describe her sense of home? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Wang describe the broad effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City through Joan's eyes? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Joan feel about her Chinese heritage, and how does Wang describe her reluctance to talk about or exhibit her Chinese connections in front of her colleagues, especially? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions

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