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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 Albert think Sasha does more than anyone else he knows?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Yell.
(c) Cry.
(d) Dance.

2. In "The Loved Ones," who is the caregiver Happy training under?
(a) Helen.
(b) Jessica.
(c) Geneva.
(d) Jennifer.

3. Who does Young-ja regularly take care of?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her grandson.
(d) Her father.

4. What does Happy find in a drawer in the old man's room that he steals?
(a) Morphine.
(b) Money.
(c) Good paper.
(d) Ritalin.

5. What happens to Albert after his divorce?
(a) He feels much happier.
(b) He grows stubborn.
(c) He grows depressed.
(d) He grows resigned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Ji-ho in the end of the story that enrages So-hyun's mother?

2. Whose room does Happy think the man he and his supervisor are taking care of has been placed in?

3. What does Sasha ask Alisa to play for Albert for her first piece?

4. Who waits at the building for So-hyun's mother while she does her work?

5. What does So-hyun's father threaten to do with his gift when her mother questions its cost?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sasha think Albert might be just the right teacher for Alisa?

2. What is the relationship between Ji-ho and So-hyun's mother like?

3. In Korea, where does So-hyun's mother and brother go with her when her father's actions become unbearable?

4. How does Mo-sae handle things when Young-ja does not come home for hours one day, because she is very ill?

5. Why does Young-ja feel anxious about leaving Mo-sae alone with their grandson in the story "The Art of Losing"?

6. What does Albert remember about Sasha from when they were students together?

7. How do Albert's classmates remember him?

8. What seems to be the turning point in So-hyun's famliy at the end of the story "Skinship"?

9. Why does Albert think the reason Sasha contacts him after being out of touch for many years is strange?

10. What does Albert seem to be considering at the end of the story "Solo Works for Piano"?

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