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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. When Jane asks why Soan always insists on using two condoms, what does he say?

2. What is the correct name of Jane Takagi-Little's position?

3. Who surprises Jane by showing up at the shoot?

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

5. What is the only good thing about the visit to the doctor and the resulting fight with her husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. Because the author is like the novel's main character, what distinct qualities does she bring to her protagonist?

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

3. What stereotypical gender role is not fulfilled at this next shoot?

4. How did Akiko and John meet?

5. What are the negative affects of the hormone known as diethylstilbestrol or DES?

6. After the initial happiness of getting a new job, why is Jane reluctant to take the position?

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

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

9. How else does John try to take out his aggression?

10. What happened to Jane's first marriage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the stereotypical ideal of the perfect American housewife? How does Jane work to break this image for both Japanese and Americans?

Are many Americans slow to let go of the ideal?

Is this hesitation seen in America's reluctance to legalize same sex marriage?

Essay Topic 2

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

Akiko

Jane

John

Lara

Essay Topic 3

As the book draws to a close, the reader concludes that both Jane and Akiko are survivors.

Against what are the two women survivors?

Although their cultures are different, what makes them survivors?

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