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

2. What does Jiyoung do at Chuseok after Daehyun’s mother asks if she worked too hard while she was there?
(a) She takes Jiwon and leaves.
(b) She cries and runs off.
(c) She yells at Daehyun’s mother.
(d) She begins to impersonate her mother.

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

4. What did Jiyoung do for the first time while out with her sister on graduation day?
(a) Get drunk.
(b) Drive.
(c) Steal something.
(d) Kiss a boy.

5. What changed about Jiyoung’s middle school her during her first year?
(a) It became an all girls’ school.
(b) It went co-ed.
(c) It closed.
(d) It became an all boys’ school.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What grade was Jiyoung in when her family moved into a larger home?

3. What did Jiyoung like to do when she was five that her mother allowed, but for which her grandmother scolded her?

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

5. What did the student discipline teacher say to a female student who complained that boys were able to wear sneakers while girls were not?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Daehyun’s sister Suhyun behave at Chuseok toward her mother and Jiyoung?

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

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

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

6. How did Jiyoung feel about the preferential treatment her brother received from their family growing up?

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

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

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

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

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