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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did some of the girls in Jiyoung’s eighth grade class do to the flasher one morning before school?
(a) They tied him up and took him to the police station.
(b) They threw rotten food at him.
(c) They yelled at him.
(d) They beat him with clubs.

2. How was lunch served at Jiyoung’s school?
(a) Girls were served first.
(b) Students went home for lunch.
(c) Boys were served first.
(d) Boys and girls were served simultaneously.

3. How did Jiyoung’s teacher humiliate her in front of the class?
(a) She scolded her and called her a liar and a thief.
(b) She made her tell the class what she did wrong.
(c) She made her stand on her desk the rest of the day.
(d) She made her write what she did on the board.

4. What year did the Korean financial crisis occur?
(a) 2005.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1985.

5. What does Daehyun do for Jiyoung when they get home from Busan in “Autumn, 2015”?
(a) He books an appointment with a therapist.
(b) He books them a vacation.
(c) He quits his job to help her.
(d) He gets a live-in nanny.

6. What issue did Kim Jiyoung encounter in elementary school?
(a) She could not sit still.
(b) She made no friends.
(c) Her teacher did not like her.
(d) A male desk-mate harassed her.

7. Where does Jiyoung live at the start of the chapter entitled “Autumn”?
(a) Cheonggyecheon.
(b) Ulsan.
(c) Seoul.
(d) Busan.

8. Why did the dress-code at Jiyoung’s school change during her first year?
(a) Because they got a new principal.
(b) Because fashion changed.
(c) Because it became co-ed.
(d) Because the school colors changed.

9. What did Oh Misook’s second oldest brother do for work?
(a) He was a police officer.
(b) He was a business owner.
(c) He was a teacher.
(d) He was a farmer.

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

11. What did Oh Misook’s oldest brother do with the money they earned after college?
(a) They sent Oh Misook to school.
(b) They sent Oh Misook’s sister to school.
(c) They sent their youngest brother to school.
(d) They bought big houses and never spoke to the family.

12. What does Jiyoung do at Chuseok after Daehyun’s mother asks if she worked too hard while she was there?
(a) She yells at Daehyun’s mother.
(b) She takes Jiwon and leaves.
(c) She begins to impersonate her mother.
(d) She cries and runs off.

13. What did Jiyoung’s mother tell Jiyoung about the grades she got compared to her siblings?
(a) She said they did not bother grading girl’s work.
(b) She said she got the best grades.
(c) She said she did very poorly.
(d) She said cheated to get good grades.

14. Where did Oh Misook cut people’s hair?
(a) On the front porch.
(b) At a salon booth she rented.
(c) In her home.
(d) In their homes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told Jiyoung’s mother that she had started her period?

2. What did the boy at the bus stop accuse Jiyoung of doing in class even though she did not recognize him?

3. What did Eunyoung’s mother do after dropping her off at teacher training school?

4. What part of the weather stripping job gave Oh Misook a headache?

5. How does Jiyoung say she had been feeling at the end of “Autumn, 2015”?

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