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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. Which member of the family cooked for Koh Bonsoon and did her laundry?
2. What did Oh Misook’s youngest brother do for work after college?
3. Why did Jiyoung think it was funny when her mother told her the job she had wanted to do when she was young?
4. How many people lived in the small, two-bedroom apartment Jiyoung and her family lived?
5. What part of the weather stripping job gave Oh Misook a headache?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Daehyun’s sister Suhyun behave at Chuseok toward her mother and Jiyoung?
2. How were abortion laws in Korea described in the chapter “Childhood”?
3. How did Oh Misook support her family when Jiyoung was a child?
4. How does Daehyun handle Jiyoung’s behavior at Chuseok?
5. What did Oh Misook do after finding out her third child would be a girl?
6. How did Jiyoung feel about the preferential treatment her brother received from their family growing up?
7. How did Jiyoung react when her mother told her she had once wanted to be a teacher?
8. How is Jiyoung’s story about her brother’s formula an initial example of the gender inequity Jiyoung experienced?
9. 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?
10. What inappropriate ways did strangers and teachers treat girls on buses and schools after Jiyoung entered high school?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze Jiyoung’s relationship with her husband. Use examples from the text to show how their relationship develops over time and how it represents the themes of the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay exploring the theme of motherhood in Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982. Include viewpoints from Jiyoung, her mother, and her grandmother.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing the different ways women were treating during Jiyoung’s college years. Use direct examples from the text to support your analysis.
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