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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 grade was Jiyoung in when her family moved into a larger home?
(a) 12th.
(b) 1st.
(c) 5th.
(d) 3rd.

2. Why did Eunyoung feel her brother received special treatment from their mother?
(a) Because he was the least capable.
(b) Because he was a boy.
(c) Because he was the youngest.
(d) Because he was the smartest.

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

4. How did a classmate get Jiyoung into trouble one day in elementary school?
(a) He stole her shoe and threw it.
(b) He stole her homework.
(c) He tied her shoes together and she fell.
(d) He told the teacher she was harassing him.

5. What did some of the girls in Jiyoung’s eighth grade class do to the flasher one morning before school?
(a) They tied him up and took him to the police station.
(b) They threw rotten food at him.
(c) They beat him with clubs.
(d) They yelled at him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem did the conditions in the factories cause many worker?

2. Who told Jiyoung’s mother that she had started her period?

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

4. Why did many factory workers send money home to their families?

5. Where does Suhyun live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Oh Misook and her sister do with the money they earned in the factory in Cheonggyecheon?

2. How is Jiyoung’s story about her brother’s formula an initial example of the gender inequity Jiyoung experienced?

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

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

5. How does Daehyun handle Jiyoung’s behavior at Chuseok?

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

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

8. How does Jiyoung react when her husband tells her he booked her an appointment with a therapist?

9. When Eunyoung complained to her mother that her brother was treated better at home what did her mother say?

10. How did Oh Misook support her family when Jiyoung was a child?

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