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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the final paragraph of “Adulthood,” which country ranged the worst for working women?
(a) The United States.
(b) Sweden.
(c) China.
(d) Korea.

2. What did Jiyoung wish she had said to the interviewer regarding his final question when she learned she did not get the job?
(a) That he was a pig.
(b) That she was better than the other two candidates.
(c) That he should rot.
(d) That his question was sexual harassment.

3. What did Jiyoung overhear a hiking club member say dating Jiyoung would be like?
(a) Going out with a clown.
(b) Chewing gum that someone spat out.
(c) Talking to a bag of rocks.
(d) Eating food someone else cooked.

4. What policy did Kim Eunsil implement as soon as she became a manager?
(a) No smoking.
(b) No social media while working.
(c) Dress code.
(d) Maternity / paternity leave.

5. What did the division head of another company Jiyoung’s company had worked with compliment Jiyoung on at a dinner party one night?
(a) Her organization skills.
(b) Her looks.
(c) Her writing.
(d) Her work ethic.

6. Prior to conceiving, what decision did Daehyun and Jiyoung make regarding who would care for their child?
(a) Jiyoung would quit her job.
(b) Daehyun’s family would help.
(c) They would hire a live-in nanny.
(d) Jiyoung’s mother would help

7. How were the girl’s treated at hiking club?
(a) They were not made to carry heavy things and were given the best rooms.
(b) They were made to do the most work.
(c) They were treated as leaders.
(d) They were told they do not belong there.

8. What did Kang Hyesu confess to her work colleagues over beers one night?
(a) She had had an office romance.
(b) She was going to marry her boss.
(c) She was getting a promotion.
(d) She was quitting.

9. What did a university student say about Jiyoung when she saw her riding the train from work while pregnant?
(a) Somebody should offer their seat to the pregnant woman.
(b) She was the most beautiful pregnant woman she had ever seen.
(c) If she needed to work she clearly could not afford a child.
(d) Pregnant women should not be seen in public.

10. What was Daehyun’s surname?
(a) Kim.
(b) Jhang.
(c) Jung.
(d) Cha.

11. In which club did Jiyoung meet her first boyfriend?
(a) Photography club.
(b) Chess club.
(c) Hiking club.
(d) Swim club.

12. What did people say about Jiyoung after she and her boyfriend broke up?
(a) She cheated on him.
(b) She was a crazy girlfriend.
(c) She had been cheated on.
(d) She was damaged goods.

13. What did Daehyun’s mother and Jiyoung’s mother say their daughters had been too busy doing to learn to keep a home?
(a) Traveling.
(b) Lying around.
(c) Studying and working.
(d) Partying.

14. How did Jiyoung feel about the increasing popularity of natural childbirth?
(a) She felt it made the most sense.
(b) She felt women who did not take meds were fools.
(c) She felt that medication could harm the child.
(d) She felt people took medication for the slightest headache, but society demanded women endure the pain of childbirth.

15. What advice did Jiyoung’s father give her in “Adulthood” which upset her mother and caused to to call him “backwards”?
(a) Stay out of trouble and get married.
(b) Do not dress inappropriately on a date.
(c) Make sure you wear lipstick on your job interview.
(d) A good housewife makes a good marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did many students have to work part-time jobs when Jiyoung began college?

2. What female did Jiyoung befriend in her study group junior year?

3. After Jiyoung and her boyfriend broke up, what did she find him doing outside the porridge shop was morning?

4. What word is used to describe the way Jiyoung is looked at by interviewers during her many job interviews in “Adulthood”?

5. What did Jiyoung’s college boyfriend do after his sophomore year?

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