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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which member of the family did Koh Boonsoon feel was taking care of her?
(a) Her daughter-in-law.
(b) Her grandson.
(c) Her granddaughter.
(d) Her son.

2. Who was known to stand outside of the classroom Jiyoung was assigned to for eighth grade for years?
(a) A flasher.
(b) The former principal.
(c) A homeless man.
(d) A police officer.

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

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

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

6. What line of work did Jiyoung’s mother train for after she quit her odd jobs?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Babysitting.
(c) Housecleaning.
(d) Hairdressing.

7. What did Jiyoung’s mother do or say to her when she found out she had started her period?
(a) She told her she was officially a woman.
(b) Nothing.
(c) She told her never to talk about it.
(d) She bought her flowers.

8. What did Jiyoung’s father do when they got home the night that she was followed off the bus?
(a) He apologized to her.
(b) He hugged her.
(c) He taught her how to fight.
(d) He scolded her and said it was her fault.

9. What did Oh Misook’s oldest brother do for an occupation?
(a) He was a doctor.
(b) He was a teacher.
(c) He was a farmer.
(d) He was a lawyer.

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

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

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) Crying.
(b) Napping.
(c) Drooling.
(d) Sleep walking.

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

14. What did Jiyoung like to do when she was five that her mother allowed, but for which her grandmother scolded her?
(a) Sit on her mother’s lap.
(b) Eat her sister’s dinner.
(c) Taste her brother’s formula.
(d) Wear her sister’s clothes.

15. What did the student discipline teacher say to a female student who complained that boys were able to wear sneakers while girls were not?
(a) He said boys were more active.
(b) He said girls liked to dress up.
(c) He said girls should not complain.
(d) He said boys were smarter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Oh Misook do with the money she earned?

2. Which family member becomes upset when Jiyoung says that she spends all of her holidays in Busan with Daehyun’s family?

3. What year was Kim Jiyoung born?

4. In what city did Oh Misook and her sister go to work according to Chapter 2?

5. How many people lived in the small, two-bedroom apartment Jiyoung and her family lived?

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