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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 the only book Matthew will read?

2. What does Anjali's mother do to her hair?

3. Where is Ji-won's new friend originally from?

4. What does Sae-ri think of James as a father?

5. Who was taking care of Matthew before he was sent from Korea to America?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ji-won begin to build bonds with Fran?

2. What happens in Ji-won's school that leads to Anjali being treated as an outcast?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why do Soo and Jae have no children?

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

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 "The Church of the Abundant Life," why is Soo so disappointed with her life in America after immigrating there from Korea, and how does Choi describe and explain Soo's feelings to the reader? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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