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

2. Who set Sae-ri up with her husband?
(a) Big Sister.
(b) Big Mother.
(c) Big Friend.
(d) Big Grandmother.

3. In the story "First Language," what is Sae-ri thinking as she drives with her husband in the opening paragraphs?
(a) She is going to divorce him soon.
(b) She has no idea what he is thinking.
(c) She really dislikes him.
(d) She loves him.

4. What do guests traditionally shower the bride and groom with in a Korean wedding?
(a) Dates and chestnuts.
(b) Water.
(c) Rice.
(d) Flowers.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many children does Sae-ri have with James that are both of their biological children?

3. In the story "A Map of the Simplified World," who is Ji-won's new friend?

4. What does Sae-ri consider doing before coming to America?

5. What did Soo ask Jae about when he picked her up at the airport in America for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In the story "First Language," how does Sae-ri feel about the Last Chance Ranch?

3. What is Soo's brief conversation with Ki-tae's wife like?

4. Why does Sae-ri's son, Matthew, go to the Last Chance Ranch?

5. Why was Soo so disappointed when she first came to America from Korea as a young married woman?

6. What is Soo's relationship with Jae like in the present?

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

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

9. As a student applying for college, how does Ji-won look back on her time of friendship with Anjali?

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

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