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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 one of Sae-ri's mother's concerns about the proposed husband waiting for Sae-ri in America?

2. What does Ji-won's mother do to her apples?

3. What happens in Ji-won's class that upsets all the children and parents?

4. What loss does Ki-tae suffer in the large-scale disaster in Korea?

5. Who does Ji-won overhear saying racist things in school?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Sae-ri's mother finally send Matthew over to America and to Sae-ri from Korea?

3. As a student applying for college, how does Ji-won look back on her time of friendship with Anjali?

4. Why does Sae-ri sometimes feel that she is a less than good mother?

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

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

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

8. How does Sae-ri's husband react when he first finds out about Matthew?

9. How does Soo seem to feel about the store she and Jae run together in the story "The Church of Abundant Life?"

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What specific topics and tensions related to end-of-life issues does Choi explore throughout this collection, and how do caregiving responsibilities affect different family's dynamics? 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

In the story "Skinship," how and why does Choi focus on the theme of exploitation within family dynamics? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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