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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 years are covered in the chapter “Early Adulthood”?

2. What advice did Jiyoung’s father give her in “Adulthood” which upset her mother and caused to to call him “backwards”?

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

4. What was Jiyoung’s college boyfriend’s major?

5. What did Jiyoung’s mother convince her father to open in the building across from their old fried chicken shop?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Though Jiyoung had told her husband’s family they were not planning on having children right away what did the family members assume the real reason must be?

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

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

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

8. How are girls treated differently than boys in Jiyoung’s college hiking club?

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

10. What did Jiyoung’s father brag about when he came home after drinking with his former colleagues one night?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel there is a feeling that things are improving for women in Korea, though there is still much work to be done. Write an essay exploring the ways in which women saw improvements in gender inequality. Explain what the improvements were (i.e. the school dress codes) and why there is still work to be done.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing the author’s narrative tone and writing style. Use examples from the text as evidence for your argument.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring the gender inequities and systemic misogyny Jiyoung experienced both directly and indirectly in the chapter “Adolescence.”

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