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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. Who was the headliner at the first real live show Zauner ever played?
(a) Zendaya.
(b) Kurt Cobain.
(c) Maria Taylor.
(d) Karen O.

2. Who did Nami start dating during Zauner's childhood?
(a) Mr. Chen.
(b) Mr. Chu.
(c) Mr. Han.
(d) Mr. Kim.

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

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

5. Who was the first person Zauner dated that her mother ever liked?
(a) Peter.
(b) Duncan.
(c) Ian.
(d) Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Zauner's father ask her to promise him when her mother began getting very ill?

2. Who was the drummer in Zauner's band?

3. What did Kye make for Chongmi that Chongmi's mother liked in Chapter 8?

4. What did Zauner's mother use to marinate short ribs at her run-down apartment in Philadelphia?

5. Which cousin did Zauner adore?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role did Nicole and Colette play in Zauner's life as a teenager?

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

3. Why did Zauner's mother insist that she would only do a few rounds of chemotherapy initially?

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

5. In Chapter 6, why was it so important to Zauner to be a good caregiver to her mother?

6. What happens to Zauner the year she turns 25?

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

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

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

10. How does Zauner remember her grandmother, Halmoni?

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