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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Natasha's favorite section in the museum where she goes after leaving Daniel?
(a) The Tinneman Square Exhibition.
(b) The Hall of Modern Art.
(c) The Hall of Meteorites.
(d) The Eurocup.

2. What is the first question from Category #2 (medium intimacy) that Natasha and Daniel ask one another on the train as they head to lunch?
(a) How do you feel about your relationship with your mother (and father)?
(b) Would you want to be famous and what would you be famous for?
(c) How many children do you want to have?
(d) Do you believe in God?

3. What kind of restaurant do Daniel and Natasha go to for lunch?
(a) A gyro stand.
(b) A dubu joint.
(c) A pizza joint.
(d) A taco stand.

4. What does Daniel get from his father's store to put on his busted lip after the fight with his brother?
(a) A can of Coke.
(b) A beer.
(c) A bag of frozen peas.
(d) A can of Pepsi.

5. What does Natasha demand and take from the security guard at the roof access door?
(a) His automobile brochure.
(b) His pack of cigarettes.
(c) His wallet.
(d) His gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daniel tell Natasha he thinks her hair smells like when they ride the train to lunch?

2. In what way does Daniel say his mother is like him?

3. When did the dominance of South Koreans in the black hair industry begin, according to the narrator in “Hair: A Korean American History"?

4. What is the name of Joe's wife in “Joe: A Planned History"?

5. With whom does Jeremy Fitzgerald suggest he will file an appeal with for Natasha's family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the outcome of the conflict between Daniel and Charlie at their father's store?

2. Why do you think the author chose to tell the story of the waitress at the Korean restaurant in the novel?

3. How are eyes used as a motif in The Sun is Also a Star?

4. How does Natasha's perceptions of her father change as the novel progresses?

5. What is the significance of the violin street performer in the novel?

6. Why do you think that the story of Joe (the Secutity Guard) is important to the novel?

7. How would you describe Natasha's relationship with her father?

8. What is the one good thing that Charlie does in the novel? Why do you think he does it?

9. How does Daniel respond when Natasha tells him that she is about to be deported?

10. What is the significance of the setting of The Museum of Natural History?

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