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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 is the first thing Frank's father says to him when Frank visits him in the hospital in Chapter 16?

2. In Chapter 20, what does Mr. Means ask Frank to do at the restaurant that irks him?

3. In Chapter 26, what does Frank ask his father to do so Frank can do the mopping at The Store?

4. In Chapter 16, what does Frank remember as Hanna's reply when he asked her once as children if she loved their parents?

5. In Chapter 24, what does Joy get on her second round of the SAT?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Brit react in Chapter 22 when Frank breaks up with her?

2. What foreboding event coincides with Frank's breaking up with Brit in Chapter 22?

3. In Chapter 26, what happens between Frank's and Joy's parents?

4. In Chapter 24, what saves Frank's and Joy's day at the Korean food festival?

5. In Chapter 22, why does Wu Tang give Frank and black eye, and what does he do to Frank immediately afterwards?

6. In Chapter 23, what does Frank hear his parents talking about that makes him upset?

7. In Chapter 25, what momentous event happens between Frank and Joy in the mall parking lot?

8. In Chapter 24, what happens at the Korean festival that embarrasses Frank so much in front of Joy?

9. In Chapter 15, why is Frank's mother calling him so urgently?

10. What is Brit's reaction to finding out Frank's father was shot?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What does Frank's father's terrible fight with the Song family reveal to Frank about they dynamics of "The Tribe" that he never realized before? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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