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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 does So-hyun's aunt give money to so that person can come to America after her own mother's death?
(a) So-hyun's other brother.
(b) So-hyun's grandfather.
(c) So-hyun's other aunt.
(d) So-hyun's father.

2. What is Happy afraid will happen when he is alone with the old man?
(a) The old man will start talking to him.
(b) The old man will die.
(c) The old man will ask to make a phone call.
(d) The old man will see him stealing things.

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

4. Who is Sasha's daughter?
(a) Helen.
(b) Alisa.
(c) Hallie.
(d) Victoria.

5. How does Albert's participation in the piano competition turn out?
(a) He is a silver medalist.
(b) He wins the competition.
(c) He is a bronze medalist.
(d) He fails to place.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mo-sae remember his father taking him to the beach as a child?

2. Who was Albert's mentor?

3. What does Happy find in a drawer in the old man's room that he steals?

4. What does So-hyun's father use to beat Ji-ho?

5. In the story "Skinship," who is So-hyun's brother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Albert think is the greatness of the Moonlight Sonata?

3. Why does Sasha believe her daughter Alisa is special when it comes to the piano?

4. In the story "Skinship," why does So-hyun's family leave Korea?

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

6. What does So-hyun immediately dislike about the way her aunt and uncle in America treat her mother?

7. Why does So-hyun dislike her cousin Susie so much?

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

9. How do Albert's classmates remember him?

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

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