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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. Who did Soo once give a chocolate bar to for free from the shop?
(a) A young girl.
(b) An older woman.
(c) A young man.
(d) Her aunt.

2. Who is Sae-ri's' husband?
(a) John.
(b) Robert.
(c) Ki-tae.
(d) James.

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

4. How does Sae-ri have the money to send Matthew to the Last Chance Ranch?
(a) She owns a billboard.
(b) She sells her book.
(c) She owns an apartment building.
(d) She sells her jewelry.

5. Who is Ji-won's teacher?
(a) Mrs. Tally.
(b) Mrs. Jong.
(c) Mrs. Wilson.
(d) Mrs. Hendricks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jae seem to resent Soo for that comes up years after they move to America?

2. What disaster took the lives of many in Korea, including those of some of Soo's and Jae's acquaintances?

3. Where did James take the family the first night Matthew arrived in the country?

4. Who actually drives Soo to the revival?

5. What does Sae-ri consider doing instead of going to America to get married in an arranged marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sae-ri's mother finally send Matthew over to America and to Sae-ri from Korea?

2. Why does Sae-ri sometimes feel that she is a less than good mother?

3. How does Ji-won begin to build bonds with Fran?

4. How does Ji-won understand her parents' feelings about the new baby on its way?

5. How does Sae-ri's husband react when he first finds out about Matthew?

6. Why does the director of the Last Chance Ranch call Sae-ri and tell her to pick her son up?

7. In "A Map of the Simplified World," why is it so exciting to Ji-won to have a friend in Anjali?

8. What does Sae-ri tell Matthew when she comes to collect him at Last Chance Ranch?

9. Why does Soo want to go see Ki-tae as he passes nearby in a traveling revival?

10. How do Sae-ri and her husband afford the exorbitant cost of the Last Chance Ranch?

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