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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. How big is Fang's complex?

2. What does the hospital director ask Joan in Part I?

3. What does Joan ask her mother not to tell Fang?

4. What does Joan's father apply for several times only to be rejected from?

5. What do Fang and Joan qualify for in public school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Joan find out her mother is in Greenwich?

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

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

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

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

10. What shocks Mark about Joan in Part II?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Joan think being left behind in China for so long and separated from their parents has affected Fang's life path, and why does she think this? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing how Wang uses tone and language to establish Joan's character throughout the novel.

Essay Topic 3

How does Joan handle the event of her father's death, and why do some people around her - especially at work - think how she handles it is odd? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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