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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 bring to the guest house for her?

2. What does Joan spend more of her time doing in the winter?

3. What do you have to be able to do to be a nurse, according to Joan?

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

5. Whose clothes does Joan borrow at her brother's?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What important piece of information does Joan not tell Mark about her recent personal past?

3. What iconic movie does Joan take objection to, and why?

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

5. What happened when Tami and Joan went to Tiffany's together?

6. Why is Reese upset in Part III?

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

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

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

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

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 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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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