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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 Eunyoung say when Jiyoung wondered why they do not sell painkillers specifically for menstrual cramps?
(a) The world wants their uterus to be drug free.
(b) Women are tough and can handle it.
(c) It is bad to take painkillers.
(d) The world is not fair.

2. Who was the only person Jiyoung told when she started her period in eighth grade?
(a) Eunyoung.
(b) Her best friend.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her brother.

3. What did Jiyoung’s mother suggest Eunyoung do for school after the financial crisis created job uncertainty for her father?
(a) Become a teacher.
(b) Quit school and get a job.
(c) Get a business degree.
(d) Become a doctor.

4. What did Jiyoung hear a girl’s father did when his daughter started her period, though this was not common?
(a) He kicked her out.
(b) He bought her flowers.
(c) He took her to the pharmacy to buy tampons.
(d) He bought her a new dress.

5. What did Jiyoung like to do when she was five that her mother allowed, but for which her grandmother scolded her?
(a) Eat her sister’s dinner.
(b) Sit on her mother’s lap.
(c) Taste her brother’s formula.
(d) Wear her sister’s clothes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Jiyoung think it was funny when her mother told her the job she had wanted to do when she was young?

3. What did Jiyoung discover the “wide world” (51) was full of when she entered high school?

4. What did the boy at the bus stop accuse Jiyoung of doing in class even though she did not recognize him?

5. How did Jiyoung’s teacher humiliate her in front of the class?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Jiyoung’s teachers say regarding the boy in her class who picked on her?

4. How did Jiyoung's father react after Jiyoung was followed on the bus by a young man who accused her of flirting with him?

5. What did Jiyoung tell her husband when she was speaking as though she was her college friend, Cha Seungyeon?

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

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

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

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

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

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