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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 airport does Joan fly out of for her trip to her father's funeral?

2. What does Madeline once ask Joan as a joke?

3. How does Joan's mother pronounce her name?

4. What is the only decoration in Joan's living room?

5. What show does Mark not believe that Joan has not heard of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Joan do when she is given her own office at the hospital?

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

6. When do Joan's parents move back to China from America?

7. What does Joan seem to think of Reese?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What are some of Joan's memories of discrimination and racism that she experienced from her childhood? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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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