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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Eunyoung get a job after completing teacher training school?
(a) China.
(b) Busan.
(c) Seoul.
(d) Sweden.

2. Who paid for Daehyun and Jiyoung’s wedding and honeymoon?
(a) Jiyoung’s parents.
(b) Daehyun and Jiyoung.
(c) Jiyoung’s uncles.
(d) Daehyun’s parents.

3. 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 should rot.
(b) That he was a pig.
(c) That his question was sexual harassment.
(d) That she was better than the other two candidates.

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

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

6. How did the doctor react when Jiyoung told him she could not take his advice and rest because she had a baby and a house to take care of?
(a) He said he understands.
(b) He said women these days have it easy.
(c) He told her to hire a nanny.
(d) He said her mother should be helping her.

7. What did Jiyoung’s college boyfriend do after his sophomore year?
(a) Quit school.
(b) Transferred to a different school.
(c) Entered the army.
(d) Changed his major.

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

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

10. What did Jiyoung’s mother convince her father to open in the building across from their old fried chicken shop?
(a) A movie theater.
(b) A porridge shop.
(c) A seafood restaurant.
(d) An ice cream shop.

11. Who is meeting for the first time at the beginning of “Marriage”?
(a) Jiyoung and Daehyun.
(b) Daehyun and Hyejin.
(c) Eunyoung and Daehyun.
(d) Jiyoung and Daehyun’s parents.

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

13. How did Daehyun’s family react when Jiyoung told them they wanted to wait to have children?
(a) They suggested Daehyun find a new wife.
(b) They praised her for making a good decision.
(c) They told her she was selfish.
(d) They thought she must be unable to conceive.

14. What did Kim Eunsil tell Jiyoung she could stop doing for her at work because it was not her job?
(a) Taking care of Eunsil’s dry cleaning.
(b) Babysitting Eunsil’s child.
(c) Hanging Eunsil’s coat.
(d) Getting Eunsil coffee.

15. What did the cab driver who took Jiyoung to her first job interview tell her?
(a) She was too cute for work.
(b) Her skirt is not short enough.
(c) He does not typically take women as his first fare.
(d) She should have more makeup on if she wants a job.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Prior to conceiving, what decision did Daehyun and Jiyoung make regarding who would care for their child?

3. What part of Jiyoung’s body ached so badly she went to a doctor after giving birth to Jiwon?

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

5. What final incident ended Jiyoung’s relationship with her boyfriend in “Adulthood”?

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