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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. Why does The Last Chance Ranch call to insist Sae-ri collects her son?

2. What holiday does Mrs. Wilson ask the class about that no one in the class has celebrated?

3. What does Jae seem to resent Soo for that comes up years after they move to America?

4. What is an important factor in making a match in Korea?

5. Where is the revival Soo wants to attend?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Soo feel when she and Jae are driving back from the revival?

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

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

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

6. What tragedy launched Ki-tae's career as a preacher?

7. Why do Soo and Jae have no children?

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

9. In "A Map of the Simplified World," why is it so exciting to Ji-won to have a friend in Anjali?

10. How does Sae-ri feel about her husband after some years of marriage?

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

In both stories "The Church of Abundant Life" and "First Language," what can the reader discern about the frustrations and struggles of the protagonists as they relate to the cultural expectations both are operating under? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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