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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of the weather stripping job gave Oh Misook a headache?
(a) The sound.
(b) The fumes.
(c) The long hours.
(d) Staring at weather stripping for so long.

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

3. 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.

4. What industry did Jiyoung’s father get into after he took early retirement from his job?
(a) Food service.
(b) Technology.
(c) Accounting.
(d) Finance.

5. How many siblings did Jiyoung have?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

7. What did Jiyoung’s father complain about, which caused her mother to quit her most lucrative odd job?
(a) She was not taking good care of his mother.
(b) She was not making enough money.
(c) She was too busy for the family.
(d) The materials being everywhere.

8. What did Jiyoung hear a girl’s father did when his daughter started her period, though this was not common?
(a) He took her to the pharmacy to buy tampons.
(b) He kicked her out.
(c) He bought her flowers.
(d) He bought her a new dress.

9. What did the boy at the bus stop accuse Jiyoung of doing in class even though she did not recognize him?
(a) Cheating off his tests.
(b) Picking on him.
(c) Arguing with him.
(d) Flirting with him.

10. What did Jiyoung’s teacher suggest Jiyoung do to help make things better with her desk mate?
(a) She suggested Jiyoung ignore him.
(b) She suggested Jiyoung try to become better friends with him.
(c) She suggested Jiyoung invite him over for dinner.
(d) She suggested Jiyoung get him back.

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

12. What odd job made Oh Misook the most money while Jiyoung was growing up?
(a) Assembling cardboard boxes.
(b) Peeling garlic.
(c) Rolling weather strips.
(d) Taking out stitches.

13. Why did many factory workers send money home to their families?
(a) To pay rent.
(b) To pay for male siblings' education.
(c) To buy food.
(d) To save it for their own education.

14. Who did Eunyoung complain was the only person in the house who did not lift a finger in the Chapter “Adolescence”?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Jiyoung.
(d) Her grandmother.

15. What did Eunyoung give to Jiyoung after she started her period?
(a) A cloth pouch with sanitary napkins.
(b) New pants.
(c) A new dress.
(d) Money for sanitary napkins.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Jiyoung’s teacher say to her about the boy who was mean to her in class?

3. What did Jiyoung feel her mother felt in regards to her starting her period?

4. What did a student in Jiyoung’s class do to the pointer a teacher would use to lift girl’s skirts at her high school?

5. What problem did the conditions in the factories cause many worker?

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