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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mira tell Sumi about her own life plans in Chapter 5?
(a) She never really knew what she wanted to do.
(b) She wants to have more children.
(c) She wants to be a writer.
(d) She wants to be a nurse.

2. What does Areum usually do when he is alone?
(a) Sing.
(b) Eat.
(c) Read books.
(d) Play piano.

3. At the end of Chapter 4, what question can Areum still not figure out?
(a) Whether his parents love him.
(b) How long it will be until he has a baby brother or sister.
(c) Why God made him the way he is.
(d) What he should do when he grows up.

4. Who is the president of Areum's mother's class at school?
(a) Seungchan.
(b) Remi.
(c) Jae.
(d) Sumi.

5. Why does Areum want to leave the hospital more quickly than his mother does?
(a) People starting at him make him uncomfortable.
(b) He needs to sleep.
(c) He needs to go to the bathroom.
(d) He needs to eat.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Areum come to think of his story about his family in Chapter 8?

2. In Chapter 9, what does Areum tell his parents he wants to do?

3. What does Areum think of his mother's stories about her youth?

4. What does Areum's mother's best friend tell her to do to try to make her mind up about a difficult problem?

5. In Chapter 8, what does Areum do to the story he is writing?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what does Areum think about his future when he realizes he can not be cured of his disease?

2. What trade does Daesu work at for a while before Areum's birth, and how does the work go?

3. What does Areum notice about his parents' stories of the early life of their family?

4. Why does Areum's grandfather on his mother's side dislike his father Daesu from the beginning?

5. What problems does Areum's mother suffer during her pregnancy with him?

6. Why does Areum's mother bind her stomach for a time during her pregnancy?

7. In Chapter 7, what new complication do Areum's doctors tell him about that is very upsetting for him?

8. Why does Areum love books so much?

9. How does Areum's grandfather help Daesu try to start a better life in Chapter 3?

10. In Part I, what is Sumi's greatest worry?

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