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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. What does Dyann send to Jane?

2. What makes Sloan and Jane very happy when they spend a romantic night together?

3. How does Akiko get even with John?

4. Where is Akiko able to find acceptance?

5. How does Nurse Tomoko help Akiko?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jane feel so upset about her life?

2. As Jane wakes up from the hospital, what does she feel?

3. How does Gale react when Jane tells him what the hormones have done to his body?

4. Why does Gale seem so aggressive?

5. What are some of the cruel practices that happen when cows are slaughtered?

6. How does Akiko become a different woman?

7. How does Akiko think she can help Jane?

8. Although Akiko is not yet in the clear, what does she feel about her life?

9. As Akiko wakes up at the hospital, what does she feel?

10. What do Jane and Akiko have in common?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As a filmmaker, Jane believes it is her job to tell the truth. Is this always the aim of filmmakers?

How can film be used as media propaganda?

How is Jane's own work almost turned into propaganda by the Japanese government?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The titles of each chapter are very interesting.

Choose 3 chapter titles and analyze them as descriptions for their corresponding chapter.

Why does Ozeki take the time to title each chapter?

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