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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. What is Chun-ja's injury in the Korean disaster?

2. What changes Ji-won's mother's behavior in the beginning of this story?

3. How does Sae-ri have the money to send Matthew to the Last Chance Ranch?

4. How did Soo first meet Jae?

5. What does Sae-ri's mother do in the mornings in the time before Sae-ri leaves Korea?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ji-won understand her parents' feelings about the new baby on its way?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Soo know Ki-tae?

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

8. In "First Language," who arranges for Sae-ri's marriage and why?

9. What is Soo's relationship with Jae like in the present?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Sae-ri's character change over the course of the story "First Language," and what part does her having and caring for her children play in her character's arc throughout the story? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Choi switches between the first and third-person perspectives in this novel. Choose two stories from the collection that are written from different perspectives and write an essay comparing and contrasting the reader's experiences and understanding of the characters in each one.

Essay Topic 3

In "The Loved Ones," how does Choi explain to the reader what Happy's relationship with his mother is like? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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