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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. With which of the following does the novel begin?

2. To which of the following does the narrator ask to be taken?

3. What medication does the narrator consider taking?

4. What flower features in Inseon’s documentary?

5. At what time does the Jeju airport close?

Short Essay Questions

1. Into what routine does the narrator settle before being summoned by Inseon?

2. Why does Inseon note birds are fragile?

3. Why does the narrator question whether she actually sees reserve forces trainees out in the early morning?

4. What kind of furniture does Inseon sell?

5. How is the narrator greeted by a Jeju shop owner?

6. How does the narrator attempt to stave off her condition while waiting with the elderly lady at the bus stop?

7. How does the narrator attempt to address the heat in her apartment?

8. How does the narrator report Inseon adapts to humid weather?

9. What saying does Inseon note about appetite and life?

10. What does the narrator note is needed for snowflakes to form?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the treatment Inseon receives for her injury. Why might that treatment be preferred? What implications does it have for Inseon’s future?

Essay Topic 2

Conversely, given demonstrated efforts toward censorship in a number of countries, what would likely prompt bans of We Do Not Part? By which groups? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the narrator's comment that she "couldn't tell what made the nightmares leave. I wasn't sure whether I had fought them off or whether they had crushed me at last and moved on" (137). Which of the two is it? Did the narrator win or lose to her nightmares? What in the novel says as much to you? How does the victory or defeat come across?

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