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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Zauner's parents' dog?

2. What was Zauner's college degree in?

3. How old was Zauner when her mother was diagnosed with cancer?

4. Why did the appearance of Chongmi's veins after her chemotherapy scare her?

5. In Chapter 3, what is one thing Zauner never forgot about her mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 5, what is one of the most hurtful things Chongmi told Zauner during their difficult years?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Zauner experience the summer trips to Seoul with her mother as a child, and how does she remember these trips as an adult? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Zauner explain her experiences of grief, both before and after her mother's death? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What does Zauner come to learn are some of her mother's own mysteries and insecurities as her mother grows more ill and eventually dies? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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