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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 did Kim Eunsil tell Jiyoung she could stop doing for her at work because it was not her job?

2. What did Jiyoung’s college boyfriend do after his sophomore year?

3. How many companies did Jiyoung apply to before she was offered an interview?

4. According to the final paragraph of “Adulthood,” which country ranged the worst for working women?

5. Prior to conceiving, what decision did Daehyun and Jiyoung make regarding who would care for their child?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did people say after Jiyoung’s ex-boyfriend was found passed out drunk outside the porridge shop?

2. Why did Jiyoung ultimately agree that their child should keep her father’s surname rather than her mothers?

3. Where did Jiyoung receive her first job offer?

4. Why was it ultimately decided that Jiyoung would leave her work after they had a child rather than return or take maternity leave?

5. What wish did Jiyoung’s boyfriend make on a snowflake after she had been offered a job at a marketing agency?

6. What business decisions did Jiyoung’s family make that resulted in them doing well financially?

7. What was one of the reasons Daehyun had more savings than Jiyoung when they first married?

8. What did Jiyoung’s father say to her after she said she was not going to attend graduation and how did her mother reply?

9. Why did Jiyoung’s first closest friend at college have to take a leave of absence from school?

10. What did Kim Eunsil say she noticed all new female employees tended to do and told Jiyoung that she did not have to do?

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

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 3

Jiyoung experiences personal changes throughout the novel. In what ways does Jiyoung change and in what ways does she remain the same? How do these changes develop the themes of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982?

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