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

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

3. What did Kye make for Chongmi that Chongmi's mother liked in Chapter 8?
(a) Rice noodles.
(b) Jiyangu.
(c) Kongguksu.
(d) Congee.

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

5. What was Zauner's college degree in?
(a) Creative writing and film.
(b) History.
(c) Business.
(d) Medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which friend of Chongmi's becomes a regular caregiver for her in Chapter 6?

2. Where are H Marts usually located, according to Zauner?

3. What did Zauner do when her mother told her she was just waiting for Zauner to give up music?

4. Why did Zauner's mother tell her she should never have let her take guitar lessons?

5. What did Zauner receive praise for from her family early on in her life?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Zauner feel that her mother pressured her when she was a child and adolescent?

2. How did people in Korea usually react to Zauner as a child on her visits there?

3. What happened when Zauner's mother instructed her father to hit Zauner in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

7. How did Zauner's father handle Chongmi's illness?

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

9. Why does Zauner often feel angry in Chapter 1?

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

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