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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 does Zorkin tell Sasha as advice during her last performance during the master class?

2. What is a term of affection that Korean men sometimes use for their wives and that So-hyun's father calls their mother?

3. In "The Loved Ones," who is the caregiver Happy training under?

4. What work does So-hyun's aunt suggest that her mother do for pay?

5. What does So-hyun's father once give her mother that sparks a terrible fight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Albert remember about Sasha from when they were students together?

2. How does the community find out about Mo-sae's illness?

3. What incident does So-hyun recall with great clarity happening between her parents just before leaving Korea?

4. Why does Sasha contact Albert again after many years of being out of touch?

5. Why does Albert think the reason Sasha contacts him after being out of touch for many years is strange?

6. What extremes does Albert go through to prepare for the Van Cliburn competition?

7. Why does Sasha believe her daughter Alisa is special when it comes to the piano?

8. In "Skinship," where do So-hyun and her family stay at first in America?

9. What does Albert think is the greatness of the Moonlight Sonata?

10. How do Albert's classmates remember him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What contrasts does Sae-ri draw between "typical" marital relationships in Korea versus what she understands of the same in America? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

In "A Map of the Simplified World," what sacrifices does Li Ji-Won make as she grows up in the service of assimilating into American culture? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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