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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. Where does Suhyun live?
(a) China.
(b) Busan.
(c) Japan.
(d) Seoul.

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

3. What did Jiyoung’s mother tell Jiyoung when she suggested she go back to school to become a teacher?
(a) She said she had been secretly going to school.
(b) She told her never to mention it again.
(c) She said she had to work to send her children to school.
(d) She said she’d talk to her father about it.

4. How many people lived in the small, two-bedroom apartment Jiyoung and her family lived?
(a) 10.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

5. What did Oh Misook do when she saw her first child was a daughter?
(a) She said she would pretend she was a boy.
(b) She said she was happy to have a girl.
(c) She cried and apologized to her mother-in-law.
(d) She told her husband she wanted to put her up for adoption.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Jiyoung at the start of the chapter entitled “Autumn”?

3. Where was Jiyoung born?

4. What did Jiyoung’s father complain about, which caused her mother to quit her most lucrative odd job?

5. What did Eunyoung give to Jiyoung after she started her period?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Oh Misook do to support her family when she was growing up after Korea became industrialized?

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

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

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

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

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 Suhyun react to Jiyoung’s behavior at Chuseok?

10. What happened when a male classmate threw Jiyoung’s shoe in class in elementary school?

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