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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jiyoung do for the first time while out with her sister on graduation day?
(a) Drive.
(b) Steal something.
(c) Kiss a boy.
(d) Get drunk.

2. Which family member becomes upset when Jiyoung says that she spends all of her holidays in Busan with Daehyun’s family?
(a) Daehyun’s mother.
(b) Daehyun’s father.
(c) Daehyun.
(d) Daehyun’s sister.

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

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

5. What was Jiyoung’s occupation before having her daughter?
(a) IT.
(b) Hospitality.
(c) Writing.
(d) Marketing.

6. What did Eunyoung’s mother do after dropping her off at teacher training school?
(a) She told Jiyoung she could not wait until she moved out.
(b) She bought everyone dinner.
(c) She bought Jiyoung a car.
(d) She sobbed.

7. Who told Jiyoung’s mother that she had started her period?
(a) Jiyoung.
(b) Her best friend.
(c) Eunyoung.
(d) Her father.

8. What students were always chosen as class monitors at Jiyoung’s school?
(a) Girls.
(b) Older students.
(c) Boys.
(d) Younger students.

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

10. Which member of the family was considered the most valuable, according to Jiyoung in the chapter entitled “Childhood”?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her older sister.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Jiyoung.

11. How does Jiyoung say she had been feeling at the end of “Autumn, 2015”?
(a) Outstanding.
(b) Blue and enervated.
(c) Joyful.
(d) Irate.

12. Prior to September 8, 2015, Daehyun noticed his wife doing what for no reason, but chalked it up to a new mother’s exhaustion?
(a) Drooling.
(b) Crying.
(c) Sleep walking.
(d) Napping.

13. Where does Suhyun live?
(a) Seoul.
(b) Busan.
(c) China.
(d) Japan.

14. 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 bought her a new dress.
(c) He kicked her out.
(d) He bought her flowers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Oh Misook’s oldest brother do for an occupation?

2. What did Eunyoung say when Jiyoung wondered why they do not sell painkillers specifically for menstrual cramps?

3. What did the student discipline teacher say to a female student who complained that boys were able to wear sneakers while girls were not?

4. Which member of the family cooked for Koh Bonsoon and did her laundry?

5. What work did Oh Misook’s family do before Korea became industrialized?

(see the answer keys)

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