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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does she decide not to send this item?
(a) The wife did a bad job on the show.
(b) The care basket was never sent from the network.
(c) It shows the wife in a bad light.
(d) The producer forgot to write the letter.

2. What type of wives must Jane find?
(a) Only wives with kids.
(b) Wholesome American housewives.
(c) Kind American women.
(d) Single women.

3. What does Akiko think of Jane's special show?
(a) It is cheesy.
(b) It is emotional and authentic.
(c) It is a good way to learn about Americans.
(d) The people on the show are actors.

4. What is diethylstilbestrol or DES hormone?
(a) A hormone given to cows.
(b) A drug for older people.
(c) A hormone for chickens.
(d) A drug for young people.

5. What does Grace worry about at the end of the section?
(a) Joy is too excited by Alison's new baby.
(b) Joy realizes she never wants to have a baby.
(c) Joy does not like the attention that Alison is getting.
(d) Joy might try to run away.

6. What is the name of the first wife on the show?
(a) Suzie Flowers.
(b) Susan Flandary.
(c) Suzie Flows.
(d) Susan Flounders.

7. What does she promise to send to the first wife?
(a) A letter from the producer.
(b) A tape of the show.
(c) A care basket from the network.
(d) Money for appearing on the show.

8. How does Jane get back at John?
(a) She reports the rape to the police.
(b) She hits him over the head with something.
(c) She calls his wife to tell her what has happened.
(d) She does not tell him he will have to introduce himself in front of Ms. Helen's church.

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

10. What is the next type of guest that Jane wants on the show?
(a) Two unmarried people.
(b) A couple from Mississippi who lived through Hurricane Katrina.
(c) A couple from Louisiana with ten adopted Korean children.
(d) A biracial couple.

11. Why does John throw the lamb chops across the room?
(a) He is mad that Akiko cooked the dish.
(b) He hates pork.
(c) He is just angry at life.
(d) He is mad that Jane had the show air a pork dish.

12. What does Jane find the criteria for the show to be?
(a) Challenging.
(b) Annoying.
(c) Racist.
(d) Weird.

13. What does Jane learn about the show she has always wanted to produce?
(a) It has gained the highest ratings of the series.
(b) She feels remorseful about it.
(c) No one has high ratings.
(d) The crew skews the show again.

14. What is the only good thing about the visit to the doctor and the resulting fight with her husband?
(a) Akiko becomes very sad.
(b) She gets to go see her family.
(c) Akiko gets to stay locked up in her apartment until the wounds heal.
(d) She is able to hide from John.

15. During the first few months of the show, what happens to Jane?
(a) She loses her mother.
(b) She enters into a love affair.
(c) She quits the show.
(d) She hates her job more.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is Akiko becoming more and more aware?

2. Who will cook for this episode?

3. Why does Akiko's husband wish for her to gain weight?

4. What happened to Purcell while he worked at a chicken factory?

5. Why does John yell at Akiko after she is finished crying in the bathroom?

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