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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 was Yunjae doing when his mother and grandmother were attacked?

2. What was the weather like in Chapter 17?

3. What color was Grandmother and Mother's favorite candy?

4. What type of wallpaper was in the room where Mrs. Yun was in Chapter 27?

5. What did Grandmother say that Yunjae's mother stole when she was little?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Yunjae's mother's condition after the attack?

2. What was Mother's advice for Yunjae at school?

3. What rumors were started about Yunjae when he said he felt nothing when his grandmother was killed during the Christmas murder?

4. Why did the man massacre people on Christmas eve?

5. What happened the day that Yunjae's grandmother and mother were killed?

6. When Yunjae was six and his mother forgot to pick him up from kindergarten, what did he see?

7. What was the city and weather like when Yunjae went out for his birthday with Granny and his mother in Chapter 17?

8. Who was Dr. Shim, and what did he offer Yunjae?

9. What did Dr. Shim do when there were so many complaints and comments about Yunjae?

10. In Chapter 7, how did Mother tried to teach Yunjae to react properly to situations?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Yunjae is diagnosed with alexithymia. What is alexithymia? How does it affect Yunjae’s life? Why does it interfere with his ability to socialize and make friends?

Essay Topic 2

Allusions are figures of speech used when an author mentions a person, place, or thing, but does not provide background information about the person, place, or thing. What are some allusions that the author uses in the book? Is research required to understand the allusions the author makes? Does the use of allusions make understanding what is happening difficult or easier?

Essay Topic 3

Gon is surprised when he sees how Brooke Shields has changed. Why is Gon surprised when he sees how Brooke Shields has changed? What are his thoughts about time and destiny as he ponders the changes? What does Gon realize about beautiful things and how they change? What relationship does he see between time and destiny?

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