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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 day of the week does Frank always help his dad at The Store?

2. In Chapter 12, what does Joy call high school?

3. Why does Frank's sister no longer speak to his parents?

4. In Chapter 12, what game do all the parents play while the kids hang out together?

5. In Chapter 10, what does Brit order that Frank was also just about to order?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Frank both like and dislike calculus?

2. How do Joy's and Frank's parents take the lie that Joy and Frank are dating?

3. What are The Gatherings?

4. What do Frank and Q often do at Lake Girlfriend, and what is Lake Girlfriend?

5. What happens when Brit shows up to The Store in Chapter 7?

6. When Frank's parents say something racist, what is their usual defense to Frank that Frank hates?

7. What is Q's reaction when Frank asks Q who he likes?

8. How does Frank handle Brit's request to meet his family?

9. What is the problem Joy Song has with the person she is dating?

10. Why does Frank call himself and the children of his parents' Korean friends The Limbos?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Frank describes feeling constantly torn between his Korean and American identities; at times, he feels he is not quite "Korean enough," but he also feels that he is not quite "American enough," either. Write an essay exploring Frank's conflicting feelings about his own identity, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

At the end of the novel, why do you think Frank decides to make Frank his first official name and Sung-Mi his middle name? What significance does Yoon place on names throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring how both Frank's and Joy's feelings about their plan to trick their parents by pretending they are dating each other change over the course of the novel, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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