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

2. With what is John growing more and more dissatisfied?

3. Initially, what causes Jane to worry about the casting of the show?

4. How does Akiko feel about her and John's first date?

5. Why is Jane afraid to talk to Sloan?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What surprises Suzie Flower during her sociological survey?

3. When Purcell stops eating chicken parts, what happens?

4. What gives Jane a unique view and experience about working on the show?

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

6. Why does Jane hesitate to send Suzie the tape?

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

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

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

10. What happened to Jane's first marriage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Discuss how the following characters attempt to find their true happiness as the book progresses?

Akiko

Jane

John

Lara

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