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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 family member becomes upset when Jiyoung says that she spends all of her holidays in Busan with Daehyun’s family?
2. Where was Jiyoung born?
3. In what type of factory did Oh Misook and her sister work together?
4. What were girls at Jiyoung’s school made to do for the teachers that boys were not?
5. How many years younger than Jiyoung his her brother?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Jiyoung feel about the preferential treatment her brother received from their family growing up?
2. What dies Jiyoung say at Chuseok in Busan that upsets Daehyun’s father?
3. What did Jiyoung’s father do after accepting early retirement from his place of employment during the financial crisis in Korea?
4. When did Jiyong’s unusual behavior begin, and what did she do?
5. What did her sister say when Jiyoung wondered why there was not a pill just for cramps?
6. How were the girls who brought the flasher to the police station treated at school after the event?
7. How does Suhyun react to Jiyoung’s behavior at Chuseok?
8. What did Jiyoung’s mother suggest her sister do for school after the financial crisis hit Korea in 1997?
9. How did Jiyoung's father react after Jiyoung was followed on the bus by a young man who accused her of flirting with him?
10. How were abortion laws in Korea described in the chapter “Childhood”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay describing the systemic misogyny Jiyoung experienced in the chapter entitled “Childhood.”
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 explaining the significance of the title of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982. How does the title support the overall narrative tone and theme of the novel?
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