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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. Where did Zauner grow up?

2. What did Zauner and Chongmi often do at the Korean spa?

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

4. What food did Zauner's mother almost always make before she visited?

5. Who was the first person Zauner dated that her mother ever liked?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways does Zauner's father tell her when she is still a teenager that the two of them are alike, and how does Zauner react? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How would you describe Zauner's tone and language throughout her memoir? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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