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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. Who decides that she cannot make this episode?

2. After the doctor's visit, what does John do to Akiko?

3. During the prayers part of the church ceremony, what happens to John?

4. What two cultures make up Jane Takagi-Little?

5. What would Jane like to film of which Ms. Helen is a part?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Akiko's husband want her to watch the show, My American Wife!?

2. Unfortunately for Akiko, what happens to her when John finds out she has purposefully become infertile?

3. What does Jane think is impossible for her to do?

4. What surprises Suzie Flower during her sociological survey?

5. What is the good news concerning the Bukowskys?

6. What is the next interesting group that Jane wants to film?

7. What does the reader begin to suspect about Jane?

8. Why is Jane suddenly allowed more creative control over the show?

9. Ultimately, what does Jane want to show on My American Wife!?

10. Because Jane gets more control over the show, what show does she make?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a character analysis for John Unero.

Discuss the extreme differences in his hypocritical personality.

How does he force his wife to abide by one set of codes while he abides by another?

Essay Topic 2

How does John abuse Akiko without hitting her?

Is it possible for a person to be psychologically abused?

Explain why or why not using examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

How does Ruth Ozeki portray Japanese men? Japanese business men?

Is she using a stereotypical model that she knows?

Is she too quick to judge this group of men?

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