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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Young Ju's teacher's name in second grade?
(a) Mrs. Martin.
(b) Mrs. Wilkins.
(c) Mrs. Sheldon.
(d) Mrs. Valentine.

2. What does Halmoni put around Harabugi's picture?
(a) Tapers.
(b) Lanterns.
(c) Candles.
(d) Sconces.

3. How does Uhmma want Young Ju to have her hair done before they go to America?
(a) Short.
(b) Feathered.
(c) Layered.
(d) Curly.

4. Who has eyes like Harabugi?
(a) Young Ju.
(b) Harabugi.
(c) Apa.
(d) Halmoni.

5. What do Halmoni, Uhmma, and Young Ju do when Apa comes home drunk?
(a) Pretend to sleep.
(b) Stay out of sight.
(c) Hide.
(d) Sleep in a closet.

6. In "Park Joon Ho," what color blanket covers the couch?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Navy.

7. What toys does Young-Ju's aunt send her in "Mi Gook"?
(a) Music box and jack-in-the-box.
(b) Stuffed animals.
(c) Dolls.
(d) Jacks and jump rope.

8. At the end of "Waiting for Heaven," what type of animal does Young Ju think she is?
(a) Monkey.
(b) Cat.
(c) Dog.
(d) Rabbit.

9. In "My Future," what does Young Ju draw?
(a) A car.
(b) Her dog.
(c) Sea, sand, and her house in Korea.
(d) Her family.

10. How does Young Ju describe the carpet in Gomo's house?
(a) A blanket.
(b) Like bedding.
(c) A rug.
(d) A bedspread.

11. What happens if Young Ju, Uhmma, and Halmoni do not hide when Apa comes home drunk?
(a) He kicks them.
(b) He hits them.
(c) He yells.
(d) He breaks things.

12. How does Young Ju describe drinking what Gomo gives her in "A Step from Heaven"?
(a) Like swallowing tiny fish bones.
(b) Feels raw on her throat.
(c) Scratchy.
(d) Like drinking bubbles.

13. What does Young Ju compare the brown hair to that some girls in her class have?
(a) Tree bark.
(b) Leaves in fall.
(c) Color of a horse.
(d) Mud.

14. What color chair does Young Ju sit in when the ahjimma does her hair?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

15. What does Young Ju think her teacher is in "My Future"?
(a) Baba Yaga.
(b) A giant.
(c) An ogre.
(d) A witch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Young Ju's best dress have a small hole?

2. Whose hair does Young Ju think her hair looks like after it is curled?

3. Who does Halmoni talk to when Apa is drunk?

4. Who makes Young Ju sit when she says that she wants to go home when she learns that Mi Gook is not heaven?

5. What does Apa give Young Ju on her first day of school before he leaves her in the classroom?

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