2. What do Soo and Jae eat on the way to the revival?
(a) Rice and toasted seaweed.
(b) Eggrolls.
(c) Burgers.
(d) Hero sandwiches.

3. What changes Ji-won's mother's behavior in the beginning of this story?
(a) Her depression.
(b) Her work obligations.
(c) Her cancer.
(d) Her pregnancy.

4. What happens in Ji-won's class that upsets all the children and parents?
(a) A violent attack.
(b) A lice outbreak.
(c) The teacher's illness.
(d) The bullying that starts.

5. Where is Ji-won's new friend originally from?
(a) India.
(b) China.
(c) Pakistan.
(d) Vietnam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ji-won do when she is passed a nasty note about Anjali from another student?

2. What is Anjali's favorite snack?

3. Who actually drives Soo to the revival?

4. What is the largest amount of money Soo and Jae have made in the store on a Saturday?

5. Why did Jae buy his store in the area he did when he first moved to America?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do Soo and Jae have no children?

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

5. How does Soo know Ki-tae?

6. In what ways does Ji-won begin to rebel a bit against her mother's ways as a child?

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

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

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

10. How does Sae-ri think of her own character as she was as a young woman?

(see the answer keys)

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