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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. Where does Uhmma work late in "Rainy-Day Surprises"?
2. In "My Best Is Always Not Enough," where does Uhmma have bruise when Young Ju checks on her?
3. What color rug is in the room where the Parks have their TV?
4. What time does a noise startle Young Ju from reading in "My Best Is Always Not Enough"?
5. What car does Uhmma think she would buy if she won the lottery?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Joon do while Young Ju and Apa wash the car, and why is Young Ju frustrated?
2. Where does Uhmma take Young Ju and Joon after the first Sunday they go to church, and what is it like?
3. Why does Young Ju like it when her father plays the Blob?
4. 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?
5. What is the only clear memory Young Ju has of Halmoni's face?
6. How does Young Ju help Uhmma in "My Best Is Always Not Enough"?
7. What did Young Ju and Joon do when Harry died?
8. What do Young Ju and Joon do when they have to wait while their mother works late at her second job?
9. How does Young Ju think she will get money to buy another lottery ticket when she does not win?
10. What is the room like where Apa and Young Ju go at the Department of Immigration and Naturalization Services?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of the book and why is that incident the climax?
Essay Topic 2
Young Ju is disappointed to learn they are not in heaven when they get to America. Why is Young Ju disappointed to learn that they are not in heaven? How do the grownups try to help Young Ju deal with her disappointment? How does she learn to live with the disappointment?
Essay Topic 3
Conflicts between characters are often caused by a problem. What are some conflicts that occur in the novel? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?
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