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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. Where does Suhyun live?

2. Who told Jiyoung’s mother that she had started her period?

3. What year was Kim Jiyoung born?

4. Who does Jiyoung impersonate the day her husband notices she is behaving strangely?

5. What did Oh Misook do with the money she earned?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Jiyoung's father react after Jiyoung was followed on the bus by a young man who accused her of flirting with him?

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

4. How did Oh Misook support her family when Jiyoung was a child?

5. What did Oh Misook do after finding out her third child would be a girl?

6. How were abortion laws in Korea described in the chapter “Childhood”?

7. How did Jiyoung’s mother react when she found out Jiyoung had started her period?

8. How does Daehyun handle Jiyoung’s behavior at Chuseok?

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

10. How does Suhyun react to Jiyoung’s behavior at Chuseok?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Write an essay analyzing how the social expectations of a woman and mother have led Jiyoung to psychosis. Use examples from each chapter to support your analysis.

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