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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 did Chongmi often drink with her mother and sisters?

2. Where did Zauner grow up?

3. Who was the headliner at the first real live show Zauner ever played?

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

5. Who was the mother Zauner desperately wanted to have in high school?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Zauner remember her grandmother, Halmoni?

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

3. In Chapter 5, why did Zauner's father tell her Chongmi did not want Zauner to come to her doctor's visit?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Why does Zauner feel so insistent that she must act as the "perfect" caregiver to her mother through her final illness? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why do people in Korea compliment Zauner when she visits there as a child, and how do the compliments, and the reasons behind them, make her feel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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