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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 is the name of the special day Wittman's mother is celebrating?

2. Who of the following is not a winner of the party?

3. What kind of people discuss the best health food stores?

4. Which character marries Wittman and Tasa?

5. What is the man in the stockroom smoking?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wittman tell the Yale Younger Poet about his theater company?

2. What are Tasa's conditions for hers and Wittman's relationship?

3. What does Wittman think when he sees some Chinese immigrants in Golden Gate Park?

4. What does Lance represent to Wittman?

5. What does Lance do for the winners of the party?

6. Who does Wittman tell Nanci he really is?

7. What has Wittman's co-worker, Louise, forgotten about Wittman?

8. How do Wittman and Tasa celebrate their marriage?

9. Who does Wittman encounter in the stockroom?

10. What does Wittman think about the girl sitting on the stairs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does she use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the time period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Write a 500-word essay revolving around one of the following statements:

1) The popular culture references shows how varied American popular culture is and the options open to Wittman as a Chinese American.

2) Wittman feels he has a right to racially discriminated because he has been discriminated against himself.

3) People's views on Chinese American are becoming more positive as Chinese American integrate themselves more into American society.

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