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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 does he think should be on the show?

2. What does her husband admit to have been doing?

3. What does Jane begin to think about her relationship with Sloan?

4. What gives Jane the advantage to create the show?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Akiko become sad and bored in her home?

4. Why did the FDA decide to outlaw this drug for animals?

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

6. Just as Jane thinks she is getting herself into a serious relationship with Sloan, what happens?

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

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

9. What surprises Suzie Flower during her sociological survey?

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

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

Many people believe that if two people are married, a partner in the relationship cannot be raped even if they are forced into sexual intercourse. Use Akiko's story to prove this theory false.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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