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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where did James take the family the first night Matthew arrived in the country?
2. What airport did Jae pick Soo up at when she first arrived in America?
3. Where is the revival Soo wants to attend?
4. What is the job Ki-tae does?
5. What is distinctive about Ji-won's new friend's appearance?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what ways does Ji-won begin to rebel a bit against her mother's ways as a child?
2. How does Soo seem to feel about the store she and Jae run together in the story "The Church of Abundant Life?"
3. How does Ji-won begin to build bonds with Fran?
4. In the story "First Language," how does Sae-ri feel about the Last Chance Ranch?
5. What is Soo's brief conversation with Ki-tae's wife like?
6. Why was Soo so disappointed when she first came to America from Korea as a young married woman?
7. How does Ji-won understand her parents' feelings about the new baby on its way?
8. Why does Sae-ri's mother finally send Matthew over to America and to Sae-ri from Korea?
9. How does Soo feel when she and Jae are driving back from the revival?
10. In "A Map of the Simplified World," why is it so exciting to Ji-won to have a friend in Anjali?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In "The Art of Losing," how does Cho convey Mo-sae's perception of the world as someone suffering from Alzheimer's to the reader? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Why do you think Choi chooses to focus many of the stories in this collection on different aspects of the immigrant experience in America? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
In the story "First Language," how does Choi communicate and explain Sae-ri's complex feelings towards and perceptions about her husband to the reader? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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