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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. In what month does the narrator submit her revised manuscript?

2. How heavy does Inseon posit each of her birds is?

3. What kind of tree does the narrator note stands at the bus stop nearest Inseon’s home?

4. Which of the following had Inseon made while tending to her mother?

5. Which of the following does the narrator note is commonly in Inseon’s workshop?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do Inseon’s fingers have to be re-injured repeatedly?

3. Why does the narrator decide on the number of logs to install in her art project?

4. Why had the narrator not considered Jeju as a site for the artistic project she discussed with Inseon?

5. In what capacity had Inseon and the narrator met?

6. Why does Inseon note birds are fragile?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what extent does the novel as a whole enact a commentary on the act of writing, particularly of writing nonfiction? What in the text says indicates that commentary, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

To what genre other than historical fiction might We Do Not Part be considered to belong? What in the text supports that identification? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Into what medium is We Do Not Part most apt for adaptation? What in the text tells you as much? How does it suggest that such an adaptation would work?

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