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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 Joan's mother particularly love to eat at Fang's house?

2. What dish does Nanny especially make with Joan's mother for Joan?

3. What is the Korean word for snacks?

4. What does the cardstock Joan gets on January 28th regard?

5. What common cliched phrase does Joan question in the context of the new virus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Reese's desk in his absence from work?

2. Why is Reese upset in Part III?

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

4. Why does Fang so badly want Joan to move to Greenwich?

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

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

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

8. Why were Joan's counselors worried about her when she was young?

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

10. What does the woman from HR tell Joan in Part IV?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Joan's feelings about Mark, her neighbor, change over the course of the novel, and why do they change? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Wang describe Joan's changing relationship with her own mother as the novel continues? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What do you think Wang means to communicate to the reader about medicine and Reese's character through his interactions with Joan? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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