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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 was in charge of getting Jiyoung ready for school when she was in elementary school?
2. What years are covered in the chapter entitled “Childhood”?
3. What part of the weather stripping job gave Oh Misook a headache?
4. Which member of the family did Koh Boonsoon feel was taking care of her?
5. What industry did Jiyoung’s father get into after he took early retirement from his job?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Jiyoung tell her husband when she was speaking as though she was her college friend, Cha Seungyeon?
2. What inappropriate ways did strangers and teachers treat girls on buses and schools after Jiyoung entered high school?
3. How did Jiyoung’s mother react when she found out Jiyoung had started her period?
4. How were abortion laws in Korea described in the chapter “Childhood”?
5. In what way did the dress code at Jiyoung’s middle school change once boys began to attend?
6. What happened when a male classmate threw Jiyoung’s shoe in class in elementary school?
7. What did Oh Misook do after finding out her third child would be a girl?
8. How did Oh Misook react each time she gave birth to a girl?
9. What did Jiyoung’s teachers say regarding the boy in her class who picked on her?
10. What did Jiyoung’s father do after accepting early retirement from his place of employment during the financial crisis in Korea?
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 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 ways a lifetime of systemic misogyny impacts the female psyche.
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