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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 the reader hope will happen for Akiko?

2. How did Akiko and Jane begin their connection?

3. How does Jane's mother try to console her?

4. When Akiko stands up to John, what happens to her?

5. What changes Jane's attitude about the baby?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Jane happy about Suzie Flowers?

4. As the book progresses, what is happening to Akiko?

5. When Akiko sees the episode about the lesbians, how does she feel?

6. What will be Jane's most important episode?

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

8. Why does John get what he deserves?

9. How do things turn around for Jane?

10. What is the newest show that Jane would like to produce and what will this show Japan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Akiko seems to seek happiness that money and status cannot buy.

For what sort of happiness does she strive?

Does she think she will be able to create it without her husband?

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

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.

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