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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What airport did Jae pick Soo up at when she first arrived in America?
(a) Boston Logan.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Blessington.
(d) Newark.

2. Where did Soo travel to America from years earlier?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Cambodia.
(c) China.
(d) Korea.

3. What garment does Soo come across in trying to decide what to wear to the revival?
(a) Her christening gown.
(b) Her dasiki.
(c) Her bright yellow car coat.
(d) Her wedding dress.

4. What does Sae-ri think of James as a father?
(a) He is an angry father.
(b) He is an indifferent father.
(c) He provides financially for the children but lacks emotional engagement.
(d) He is a very good father.

5. How did Soo first meet Jae?
(a) The matchmaker connected them.
(b) He was Ki-tae's friend.
(c) He was a neighbor.
(d) He was her brother's friend.

6. Who does Soo say will drive her to the revival?
(a) Mr. Ro.
(b) Mrs. Ro.
(c) She will drive herself.
(d) Her aunt.

7. What is one reason James is reticent about the Last Chance Ranch?
(a) It is too religious.
(b) It is too far away.
(c) It is very expensive.
(d) It is not religious enough.

8. Why is Sae-ri not a very attractive prospect for men to marry in the beginning of this story?
(a) She has a child out of wedlock.
(b) She is not considered attractive.
(c) She is poor.
(d) She has a speech impediment.

9. Where is Sae-ri driving with her husband in the opening pages of "First Language"?
(a) Newark Airport.
(b) Madison Square Garden.
(c) The Last Chance Ranch.
(d) The Meadowlands.

10. What does Jae seem to resent Soo for that comes up years after they move to America?
(a) She told him not to get his advanced degree.
(b) She had pressured him not to take a job with LG that he thought would have set them up for life.
(c) She pressured him to drop out of school to marry her.
(d) She forced him to take a bad job with her father.

11. What happens to Soo when she tries to have children with Jae?
(a) She almost dies in childbirth.
(b) She does not try to have children with Jae.
(c) She suffers many miscarriages.
(d) She can not get pregnant.

12. What is the job Ki-tae does?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Pastor.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Doctor.

13. Where was Ji-won's old apartment that she sometimes thinks about?
(a) Seoul.
(b) Suwon.
(c) Kitow.
(d) Geong.

14. What animals does Sae-ri see at the Last Chance Ranch that she briefly wonders if only she can see?
(a) Horses.
(b) Wolves.
(c) Elk.
(d) Lambs.

15. How does Ji-won's family change over the course of the story?
(a) Her mother dies.
(b) Her parents get divorced.
(c) A new baby brother is born.
(d) Her grandmother comes to live with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of Sae-ri's mother's concerns about the proposed husband waiting for Sae-ri in America?

2. Which author had Soo once loved as a young woman?

3. What did Ki-tae used to teach Soo?

4. What is the American name of Sae-ri's son?

5. What do Soo and Jae eat on the way to the revival?

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