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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Akiko's husband wish for her to gain weight?
(a) So that she would be happier.
(b) So that she will be curvier.
(c) She has gotten too skinny.
(d) So that they can have children.

2. Why is Jane excited to get a call from a television producer?
(a) They want her to produce a new movie.
(b) They are approaching her with an opportunity to work on a reality TV show.
(c) They would like her to write a script for a new movie.
(d) They want to by a script she wrote.

3. At a clinic near her mother's home, what does Jane learn?
(a) She has AIDS.
(b) She has cancer again.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She is going to need surgery to remove her gall bladder.

4. Where will this Japanese reality show be shown?
(a) South Korea.
(b) Japan.
(c) China.
(d) America.

5. Who else has the drug affected?
(a) The organs of female babies.
(b) The organs of cows.
(c) The organs of chickens.
(d) The organs of young men.

6. Why had made Jane think she couldn't have children?
(a) She has had her uterus removed.
(b) She has a precanerous condition in her cervix.
(c) She had difficulty getting pregnant.
(d) She thinks she is too old.

7. Why does John yell at Akiko after she is finished crying in the bathroom?
(a) He hates her.
(b) He hopes she dies.
(c) He thinks she has been throwing up again.
(d) He wishes she was more like women on television.

8. Who must Jane get permission to film before she films them?
(a) Ms. Helen's employer.
(b) Ms. Helen's congregation.
(c) Ms. Helen's ladies' group.
(d) Ms. Helen's family.

9. During the prayers part of the church ceremony, what happens to John?
(a) He feels very, very uncomfortable.
(b) He gives himself up to prayers.
(c) He leaves.
(d) He refuses to pray.

10. What do the doctors think she would never be able to do?
(a) Carry a baby.
(b) Carry a baby full-term or get pregnant.
(c) Have sexual relations.
(d) Get pregnant.

11. With what is John growing more and more dissatisfied?
(a) Jane's clothing.
(b) His wife's actions.
(c) Jane's choice of families to be on the show.
(d) His own feelings for Jane.

12. What is the main audience of the show?
(a) Japanese housewives.
(b) American housewives.
(c) Chinese housewives.
(d) Japanese and American housewives.

13. Who does Jane try to show throughout much of the shows?
(a) American minorities.
(b) American abnormalities.
(c) American greed.
(d) American gluttony.

14. Initially, what causes Jane to worry about the casting of the show?
(a) Japanese will be shown in a bad light.
(b) The too positive slant of the show.
(c) That Americans will be shown in a bad light.
(d) The biased slant of the show.

15. What is Christina's favorite meal?
(a) Hallelujah Lamb Chops.
(b) Lamp Chop Chop Chops.
(c) Chop me Ups.
(d) Hells Chops.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the surgery, what do the X-rays reveal about Jane?

2. What is diethylstilbestrol or DES hormone?

3. About what does Jane worry while they are shooting in Nebraska?

4. What is anaphylactic shock?

5. What does Grace worry about at the end of the section?

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