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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 3, what is one thing Zauner never forgot about her mother?
(a) What her work was like.
(b) What she ate.
(c) Her style of dancing.
(d) What she smelled like.

3. What did Zauner's mother always tell her to save her tears for?
(a) When her mother died.
(b) When her father died.
(c) When her sister died.
(d) When the world ended.

4. Who was one of Zauner's best high school friends?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Nicole.
(d) Gina.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Zauner's boyfriend in Chapter 4?

2. What did Zauner's Aunt Nami nickname her in Chapter 5?

3. Where did Zauner plan to spend the summer in Chapter 6?

4. How did Zauner feel about her mother's ability to keep secrets?

5. What did the women in Zauner's family often play together in Korea?

Short Essay Questions

1. When and why did Zauner's relationship with her father start to sour?

2. What band and singer impacted Zauner the most strongly when she was just getting into music?

3. How did Chongmi respond to her first rounds of chemotherapy?

4. How did Zauner feel about spending six weeks in Korea every other summer as a child?

5. In Chapter 5, why did Zauner's father tell her Chongmi did not want Zauner to come to her doctor's visit?

6. How did Zauner's mother react to her interest in music when Zauner was a teenager?

7. What advice did Chongmi give Zauner about love when Zauner was a young girl?

8. How does Zauner feel about having grown up in suburban/rural Oregon?

9. What is Zauner's perspective on the kind of child she was?

10. How did Zauner's mother and father first meet?

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