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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 Young Ju do if the sound of breaking gets too loud?

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

3. What does the blanket on the couch cover in "Park Joon Ho"?

4. How is the movement of the waves described in "Sea Bubble"?

5. Who does Young Ju think should be at Gomo's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Young Ju and Joon get at a fair, and what happens to the things they get?

2. What does Young Ju do with the things her classmates and teacher give her and why?

3. Where did Uhmma take Young Ju and Joon in "Being Older"?

4. What does Young Ju think of her permed hair, and what does she tell her mother?

5. What is it like for Young Ju to wade in the ocean?

6. How does Young Ju describe Gomo's house?

7. What happens when Uhmma tries to persuade Apa not to rent part of a rundown house in "Not Forever"?

8. What packages do Young Ju and her family get and from where?

9. What does Young Ju pray in "Only God Can"?

10. How does Halmoni try to comfort Young Ju when her parents fight?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Apa takes his frustrations out on his family. What frustrations does Apa have? How does he take his frustrations out on his family? How does he abuse his family?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 3

What lie does Young Ju tell her second grade class? Why does Young Ju feel guilty after telling the lie? What does this action reveal about her character?

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