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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 Akiko stands up to John, what happens to her?

2. What has Oh discovered about the family they are interviewing?

3. How does Akiko feel as she flies toward America?

4. When the authorities begin calling because of the meat and hormone abuse, whose number are they instructed to call?

5. Who agrees to let Akiko stay with them until she is on her own feet?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Jane arrested?

2. Why is Jane happy about Suzie Flowers?

3. What has Jane decided to do about the baby?

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

5. Why don't the Japanese producers like this couple?

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

7. What do Jane and Akiko have in common?

8. Why does Bunny Dunn decide to tell her husband about the hormones?

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

10. Why does Akiko become aggressive with John and bite him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the character Sloan.

-How does this character change throughout the novel?

-Has the character grown into a man?

-Name some roadblocks to his journey.

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

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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