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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Cha Seungyeon say the girls wanted to be able to do in hiking club, rather than choose the lunch menu?
(a) Carry heavy loads.
(b) Have the best rooms.
(c) Train new members.
(d) Run for president.

5. When Hyesu came to visit Jiyoung and her baby, what did she tell her was found in the women’s bathroom at work?
(a) A bag of money.
(b) Free sanitary napkins.
(c) A spy cam.
(d) Broken toilets.

6. How did Jiyoung feel after Daehyun’s family interrogated her about having a child on a trip to Busan?
(a) She felt they had every right to wonder.
(b) She felt Daehyun did not stick up for her.
(c) She felt happy they were speaking to her.
(d) She felt ashamed that she could not get pregnant.

7. 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) She should have more makeup on if she wants a job.
(d) He does not typically take women as his first fare.

8. What part of Jiyoung’s body ached so badly she went to a doctor after giving birth to Jiwon?
(a) Her knees.
(b) Her hips.
(c) Her wrists.
(d) Her ankles.

9. How many companies did Jiyoung apply to before she was offered an interview?
(a) 5.
(b) 20.
(c) 100.
(d) 60.

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

11. 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 it made the most sense.
(c) She felt that medication could harm the child.
(d) She felt women who did not take meds were fools.

12. How did Jiyoung do when she first attended college?
(a) She never studied and flunked out.
(b) She studied hard but struggled to get good grades.
(c) She aced all her classes.
(d) She skipped all of her classes, but got decent grades.

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

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

15. 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 she was better than the other two candidates.
(d) That his question was sexual harassment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Jiyoung’s mother convince her father to open in the building across from their old fried chicken shop?

3. Who helped the only female team lead, Kim Eunsil care for her child?

4. Which of Jiyoung’s friends was studying for the civil service exams in “Adulthood”?

5. According to the final paragraph of “Adulthood,” which country ranged the worst for working women?

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