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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 Wittman do to discourage people from sitting next to him?

2. What is Nanci tired of being typecast as?

3. What is Witman's position at the department store?

4. Why did Gabe become a Universal Life Church Minister?

5. What does Wittman call the oriental man's accent?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Wittman angry with Lance over their first meeting?

2. How does Wittman stereotype Tasa?

3. Why is Wittman regarded as one of the winners of the party?

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

5. What does Wittmann see when he has an acid flashback?

6. Why does Wittman say he envies the Japanese?

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

8. How do Wittman and Tasa celebrate their marriage?

9. What does Wittman write about long into the night?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the values of the 1960s.

1) Why was ethnicity and stereotyping such an issue during this time? In what ways are the characters a product of their time?

2) Was America going through a transitional phase in the 1960s? What significant changes do you think occurred during this period?

3) Does modern society share any values with 1960s America?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Wittman's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the person he is at the end of the book.

1) What does Wittman hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2) What events changes Wittman's ideas about life?

3) How has Wittman's character changed by the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Maxine Hong Kingston is known as a feminist writer.

1) How are her views reflected in the novel?

2) Compare her feminist views to feminism in today's society.

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