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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 does Daehyun do for Jiyoung when they get home from Busan in “Autumn, 2015”?
(a) He books them a vacation.
(b) He quits his job to help her.
(c) He books an appointment with a therapist.
(d) He gets a live-in nanny.

2. What work did Oh Misook’s family do before Korea became industrialized?
(a) They grew ginseng.
(b) They grew rice.
(c) They raised livestock.
(d) The grew potatoes.

3. Which family members were considered to be the ones to “bring honor and prosperity to the family” (25)?
(a) Wives.
(b) Husbands.
(c) Daughters.
(d) Sons.

4. What did Oh Misook do when she found out she was having a third girl, which was common at that time?
(a) She put her up for adoption.
(b) She abandoned her baby.
(c) She had an abortion.
(d) She told everyone she had a boy.

5. How did Jiyoung’s teacher humiliate her in front of the class?
(a) She scolded her and called her a liar and a thief.
(b) She made her write what she did on the board.
(c) She made her tell the class what she did wrong.
(d) She made her stand on her desk the rest of the day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What holiday do Daehyun and Jiyoung go to his parents for in “Autumn, 2015”?

2. How does Jiyoung say she had been feeling at the end of “Autumn, 2015”?

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

4. What odd job made Oh Misook the most money while Jiyoung was growing up?

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. 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?

2. How does Suhyun react to Jiyoung’s behavior at Chuseok?

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

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

5. Where did Kim Jiyoung live as a child and with whom?

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

7. Why did Jiyoung’s middle school become coed during her first year?

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

9. How does Jiyoung reply when her mother-in-law asks her if all the cooking they did for Chuseok is too much for her?

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

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