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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Childhood, 1982-1994”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What work did Oh Misook’s family do before Korea became industrialized?
(a) They grew rice.
(b) They grew ginseng.
(c) They raised livestock.
(d) The grew potatoes.

2. Where did Jiyoung’s brother sleep despite having his own bedroom after their grandmother died?
(a) On the couch.
(b) With his mother.
(c) With Eunyoung.
(d) With Jiyoung.

3. What did Jiyoung’s mother tell Jiyoung when she suggested she go back to school to become a teacher?
(a) She said she had been secretly going to school.
(b) She said she had to work to send her children to school.
(c) She told her never to mention it again.
(d) She said she’d talk to her father about it.

4. What did Koh Bonsoon tell Jiyoung’s mother she had to have at least two of in her life?
(a) Daughters.
(b) Sons.
(c) Husbands.
(d) Children.

5. What did Jiyoung’s teacher do at the end of the day after humiliating her in front of the class?
(a) She expelled Jiyoung.
(b) She apologized.
(c) She took Jiyoung to the principal’s office.
(d) She made Jiyoung stay after school to clean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jiyoung’s teacher suggest Jiyoung do to help make things better with her desk mate?

2. What were girls at Jiyoung’s school made to do for the teachers that boys were not?

3. What holiday do Daehyun and Jiyoung go to his parents for in “Autumn, 2015”?

4. What did Oh Misook do when she found out she was having a third girl, which was common at that time?

5. Where does Jiyoung live at the start of the chapter entitled “Autumn”?

(see the answer key)

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