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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. With what is John growing more and more dissatisfied?

3. Why does Jane think that they should not have to use condoms?

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

5. Why does Jane feel guilty?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Jane excited about her new love affair?

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

3. Why is John becoming controlling and temperamental about Akiko's visits to the bathroom?

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

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

6. What will help Akiko to gain weight and get her body ready to have a baby?

7. Why is the Japanese crew having an issue filming the American couple?

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

9. What is the good news concerning the Bukowskys?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Akiko and Jane create a relationship through communication?

How do these two women get to know each other without ever really seeing each other?

How has the internet changed the way people meet people and communicate with one another?

Essay Topic 2

How does Jane's mixed ethnicity make her the perfect producer for My American Wife!?

Why does it end up being the reason she clashes with her employers?

Essay Topic 3

This novel places a lot of importance on strong female relationships.

Describe the following relationships and why they are necessary for the characters involved:

-Akiko and Jane

-Lara and Dyann

-Lara, Dyann, and Jane

-Jane and her mother

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