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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. Where did Chongmi go for a second opinion in Chapter 5?
(a) MD Anderson.
(b) Cleveland Clinic.
(c) Mayo Clinic.
(d) Sloane Kettering.

2. How does Zauner's mother express her love?
(a) Through books.
(b) Through food.
(c) Through clothes.
(d) Through music.

3. What had Zauner's American grandfather done before becoming her father's father?
(a) Fought in WWII.
(b) Written books.
(c) Owned his own business.
(d) Been a movie star.

4. What word do Korean women use to refer to their older sisters and close women friends who are older?
(a) Rumi.
(b) Umma.
(c) Frani.
(d) Unni.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Zauner realize about a pair of cowboy boots Zauner's mother shipped her in college?

2. What did Zauner's father do in South Korea when he arrived there in 1983?

3. Why did Zauner's mother cry in the end of Chapter 8?

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

5. Who did Nami start dating during Zauner's childhood?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Zauner remember her grandmother, Halmoni?

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

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

5. Why does Zauner find herself crying in H Mart in Chapter 1?

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

7. What attitude did Zauner's parents have towards food?

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

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

10. How did Chongmi used to react when Zauner would get hurt as a child?

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