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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 was the final question Jiyoung and the other two candidates were asked at a job interview?
2. During what part of her pregnancy did Jiyoung suffer morning sickness?
3. What did Daehyun’s mother say to Jiyoung’s mother about her at the start of “Marriage”?
4. What did Cha Seungyeon say the girls wanted to be able to do in hiking club, rather than choose the lunch menu?
5. What did the division head of another company Jiyoung’s company had worked with compliment Jiyoung on at a dinner party one night?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was one of the reasons Daehyun had more savings than Jiyoung when they first married?
2. Why did Kim Eunsil think she may have set a bad precedent for other female employees in the company?
3. What conversation regarding housekeeping did Jiyoung’s mother and future mother-in-law have during their first meeting?
4. Where did Jiyoung receive her first job offer?
5. Why was it ultimately decided that Jiyoung would leave her work after they had a child rather than return or take maternity leave?
6. What did Jiyoung learn while out for drinks with colleagues that weekend her “drive and faith” (112) when it came to her work?
7. What did Jiyoung’s father brag about when he came home after drinking with his former colleagues one night?
8. What wish did Jiyoung’s boyfriend make on a snowflake after she had been offered a job at a marketing agency?
9. How are girls treated differently than boys in Jiyoung’s college hiking club?
10. Why did Jiyoung ultimately agree that their child should keep her father’s surname rather than her mothers?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay describing the author’s narrative tone and writing style. Use examples from the text as evidence for your argument.
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 final chapter of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982. How do you think this chapter ties the story together and reflects the themes of the novel?
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