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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 happened to the female students in Jiyoung’s eight hgrade class who ran to the window to see the flasher?
2. What did Koh Bonsoon tell Jiyoung’s mother she had to have at least two of in her life?
3. What did Kim Young’s mother tell her she had once wanted to do for work in Chapter 2?
4. What did the student discipline teacher say to a female student who complained that boys were able to wear sneakers while girls were not?
5. What industry did Jiyoung’s father get into after he took early retirement from his job?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where did Kim Jiyoung live as a child and with whom?
2. How did Jiyoung feel about the preferential treatment her brother received from their family growing up?
3. What did Jiyoung’s teachers say regarding the boy in her class who picked on her?
4. What dies Jiyoung say at Chuseok in Busan that upsets Daehyun’s father?
5. How is Jiyoung’s story about her brother’s formula an initial example of the gender inequity Jiyoung experienced?
6. How does Daehyun handle Jiyoung’s behavior at Chuseok?
7. 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?
8. What did Jiyoung’s mother suggest her sister do for school after the financial crisis hit Korea in 1997?
9. What did Oh Misook do to support her family when she was growing up after Korea became industrialized?
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
Write an essay examining Oh Misook’s role in her family. Discuss the ways in which Oh Misook supports her family.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay about the sensory details used in Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982. Be sure to explain the deeper meaning and thematic significance of these details.
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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