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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Jiyoung feel her mother felt in regards to her starting her period?
2. What industry did Jiyoung’s father get into after he took early retirement from his job?
3. What did Jiyoung beg her teacher to do because of her issues with her desk-mate?
4. What problem did the conditions in the factories cause many worker?
5. What did Jiyoung’s mother tell Jiyoung about the grades she got compared to her siblings?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Daehyun think when he first began seeing his wife crying after their daughter was born?
2. What dies Jiyoung say at Chuseok in Busan that upsets Daehyun’s father?
3. What did Jiyoung’s teachers say regarding the boy in her class who picked on her?
4. How does Suhyun react to Jiyoung’s behavior at Chuseok?
5. In what way did the dress code at Jiyoung’s middle school change once boys began to attend?
6. How does Jiyoung react when her husband tells her he booked her an appointment with a therapist?
7. How does Daehyun handle Jiyoung’s behavior at Chuseok?
8. How does Jiyoung reply when her mother-in-law asks her if all the cooking they did for Chuseok is too much for her?
9. What happened to the flasher who stood outside of Jiyoung’s classroom in middle school and the chapter entitled Aadolescence?
10. Where did Kim Jiyoung live as a child and with whom?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay about how Jiyoung and her mother’s relationship changes over the course of the novel, particularly after Jiyoung has her child. What does Jiyoung learn about her mother and how does this knowledge impact her view of her mother?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing gender roles between Kim Jiyoung’s mother and father. In what ways are they stereotypical of the time and place? In what ways are these roles the same or different today? Use specific examples from the text to support your argument.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing the narrative structure of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982. What effect does this have on the story and the reader? Use direct examples from the novel to support your analysis.
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