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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Zauner call her grandmother in Korea?
(a) Umma.
(b) Eunmi.
(c) Nami.
(d) Halmoni.

2. Why did the appearance of Chongmi's veins after her chemotherapy scare her?
(a) They looked yellow.
(b) They looked black.
(c) They looked green.
(d) They looked blue.

3. What hairstyle does Chongmi have her hair cut into in Chapter 6?
(a) A pageboy.
(b) A pixie.
(c) She shaves her head.
(d) A mohawk.

4. Why did Zauner's mother cry in the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Her hair was falling out.
(b) She was losing her vision.
(c) Her heart was palpitating.
(d) She had gained a lot of weight.

5. What did the women in Zauner's family often play together in Korea?
(a) Bridge.
(b) Hwatu.
(c) Jenga.
(d) Poker.

6. Which instrument did Zauner take up first in childhood?
(a) Violin.
(b) Piano.
(c) Guitar.
(d) Cello.

7. What food did Zauner's mother almost always make before she visited?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) Cake.
(c) Marinated short ribs.
(d) Pork chops.

8. What did Zauner do when her mother told her she was just waiting for Zauner to give up music?
(a) Left home briefly.
(b) Told her mother she was going to move out of the country.
(c) Threw soup in her mother's face.
(d) Told her mother her mother was just jealous.

9. What did Zauner's father do in South Korea when he arrived there in 1983?
(a) Translated Korean to English.
(b) Sold used cars to the U.S. military.
(c) Cooked at a restaurant.
(d) Sold jewelry.

10. What grade was Zauner in when she realized she might be suffering from depression?
(a) 11th.
(b) 6th.
(c) 10th.
(d) 8th.

11. Why did Zauner's mother tell her she should never have let her take guitar lessons?
(a) Because she said Zauner would have been a better athlete.
(b) Because she said Zauner should be focused on looking at colleges, not her music.
(c) Because she said Zauner is not pretty enough to be a star.
(d) Because she said Zauner was never really good at music.

12. What kind of surgery did Chongmi tell Zauner Eunmi and Nami had?
(a) Eyelid surgery.
(b) Botox, to get rid of wrinkles.
(c) Breast augmentations.
(d) Foot surgery.

13. Where did Zauner plan to spend the summer in Chapter 6?
(a) Eugene.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York City.
(d) Atlanta.

14. Which cousin did Zauner adore?
(a) Seong Young.
(b) Chongmi.
(c) Eunmi.
(d) Nami.

15. What was Zauner's mother, Chongmi, doing for a living in 1983?
(a) Working in customer service at a credit card company.
(b) Working at a hotel front desk.
(c) Working as a chef.
(d) Writing graphic novels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Zauner's mother call to tell her in Chapter 4?

2. What did Chongmi tell Zauner she did after Zauner's birth that is very hurtful to Zauner?

3. How did Zauner begin to feel about Key's presence in the house?

4. What had Zauner's American grandfather done before becoming her father's father?

5. What did Zauner's father do after selling used cars and moving back to America?

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