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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 compare blonde hair to that a boy and a girl have in her class?

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

3. In "Park Joon Ho," what grade does Young Ju want to be in?

4. What color carpet is in Gomo's house?

5. What does Young Ju win at the third-grade fair at her school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Young Ju learn that her family is moving?

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

6. Who is Young Ju looking for in "A Step from Heaven," and what do the grownups tell her?

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

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

9. In "My Future," what does a girl in Young Ju's class give her, and what does Young Ju do with it?

10. How does Young Ju feel when she is carried into the ocean?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Young Ju is just four at the beginning of the book. How does Young Ju mature and come of age in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Joon thinks that nothing ever happens the way they want it to. Why does Joon think that nothing ever happens the way they want it to? What are examples of dreams Joon has had that have not come to fruition? How is Harry an example of deferred dreams?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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