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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. What did the woman who helped Jiyoung tell say when her father apologized for not being able to offer her cab fare?
(a) Cabs are worse.
(b) He should give her a ride.
(c) She only takes the bus.
(d) She’d rather walk.

2. Where did Oh Misook cut people’s hair?
(a) On the front porch.
(b) In their homes.
(c) At a salon booth she rented.
(d) In her home.

3. Which family member was in charge of getting Jiyoung ready for school when she was in elementary school?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her younger brother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Eunyoung.

4. 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 scolded her and said it was her fault.
(d) He taught her how to fight.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jiyoung’s mother tell Jiyoung about the grades she got compared to her siblings?

2. What does Jiyoung do at Chuseok after Daehyun’s mother asks if she worked too hard while she was there?

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

4. What is Jiyoung’s daughter’s name?

5. What was the name of the student who asked the teacher to change the order they ate lunch?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Oh Misook react each time she gave birth to a girl?

2. Which of Oh Misook’s odd jobs paid the best, and why did she give it up?

3. What does Daehyun do as soon as they return to Seoul after Jiyoung’s behavior at Chuseok?

4. What did her sister say when Jiyoung wondered why there was not a pill just for cramps?

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

6. What did Daehyun think when he first began seeing his wife crying after their daughter was born?

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

8. What happened to the flasher who stood outside of Jiyoung’s classroom in middle school and the chapter entitled Aadolescence?

9. When did Jiyong’s unusual behavior begin, and what did she do?

10. What did Oh Misook do after finding out her third child would be a girl?

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