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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did many factory workers send money home to their families?
(a) To buy food.
(b) To save it for their own education.
(c) To pay rent.
(d) To pay for male siblings' education.

2. Who is it said worked tirelessly to raise four sons while her husband never worked a day in his life?
(a) Jiyoung’s mother.
(b) Jiyoung’s sister.
(c) Jiyoung’s aunt.
(d) Jiyoung’s grandmother.

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?
(a) He said girls liked to dress up.
(b) He said boys were smarter.
(c) He said boys were more active.
(d) He said girls should not complain.

4. How did Jiyoung react when her teacher humiliated her in front of the class in Chapter 2?
(a) She yelled that she did not do it.
(b) She stood in silence.
(c) She cried uncontrollably.
(d) She ran out of the room.

5. What did Jiyoung’s teacher do at the end of the day after humiliating her in front of the class?
(a) She made Jiyoung stay after school to clean.
(b) She expelled Jiyoung.
(c) She apologized.
(d) She took Jiyoung to the principal’s office.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Oh Misook’s second oldest brother do for work?

2. What old friend does Jiyoung begin to impersonate the night Daehuyun comes home from work and they have a few beers?

3. What did Jiyoung’s mother suggest Eunyoung do for school after the financial crisis created job uncertainty for her father?

4. What did Koh Bonsoon tell Jiyoung’s mother she had to have at least two of in her life?

5. What happened to the female students in Jiyoung’s eight hgrade class who ran to the window to see the flasher?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Jiyoung’s father do after accepting early retirement from his place of employment during the financial crisis in Korea?

2. How were the girls who brought the flasher to the police station treated at school after the event?

3. What inappropriate ways did strangers and teachers treat girls on buses and schools after Jiyoung entered high school?

4. Who was praised for being the responsible child who brought honor to Oh Misook’s family?

5. What dies Jiyoung say at Chuseok in Busan that upsets Daehyun’s father?

6. How were abortion laws in Korea described in the chapter “Childhood”?

7. Who did Koh Bonsoon credit for the fact that she was taken care of in her old age, despite Jiyoung’s mother doing all the work?

8. What did Jiyoung’s mothers say when Jiyoung expressed concern that her family would not be able to afford college tuition for her?

9. What did Jiyoung’s mother suggest her sister do for school after the financial crisis hit Korea in 1997?

10. How did Jiyoung’s mother react when she found out Jiyoung had started her period?

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