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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. Which of the following does Wittman contemplate buying at the market?

2. Who was Wittman's best friend at college?

3. What does Wittman read to Nanci?

4. What does the girl want Wittman to ask her?

5. What character will Lance be in Wittman's new play?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Wittman envy Nanci?

3. Why does Wittman say he envies the Japanese?

4. What does Wittman tell Nanci about his life?

5. How does the Chinese man embarrass Wittman during the seminar?

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

7. How does Wittman stereotype Tasa?

8. What does Wittman do when Nanci leaves his apartment?

9. What does Wittman dream about in chapter 2?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Wittman's Chinese ethnicity affected one of the following areas in her life.

1) Work.

2) Social life.

3) Intimate relationships.

4) Family.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's life. In what way are her life and personality reflected in the book? How does she use the novel to express her views?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the races Kingston represents in the book and examine the myths and stereotypes that surround that race in popular culture. How did these myths develop? What is the truth behind the myth?

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