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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 remember drinking at her mother's work in "Disappearing Bubbles"?

2. In "Reaching," what wakes Young Ju from a dream?

3. What color is the desk lamp that Uhmma uses to balance the checkbook in "My Best Is Always Not Enough"?

4. What color are the chairs in the waiting room of the Department of Immigration and Naturalization Services?

5. What was the name of a baby bird Young Ju and Joon try to save?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the church like where Uhmma takes Young Ju and Joon in "The Power of Prayer"?

2. Why do Amanda and her parents not know where Young Ju lives?

3. What does Joon do while Young Ju and Apa wash the car, and why is Young Ju frustrated?

4. What happens when Joon and Young Ju pick up Legos?

5. How does Apa take the news that Halmoni died, and how does Young Ju comfort him?

6. What papers are Apa and Young Ju given at the Department of Immigration and Naturalization Services, and why does Young Ju ask the man who helps them to review the papers?

7. What did Young Ju and Joon do when Harry died?

8. What happens when Apa comes home late in "My Best Is Always Not Enough"?

9. What does Apa do when Joon complains and does not pick up his Legos?

10. How does Young Ju think she will get money to buy another lottery ticket when she does not win?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The setting in a book is the place or places where the action takes place. Where does the story take place? What role does the setting play in this 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

Young Ju assumes they are going to heaven when they go to America. Why does Young Ju think they are going to heaven when they go to America? What misconceptions does Young Ju have about heaven and Mi Gook? How do those misconceptions led to her thinking that they are going to heaven?

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