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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Zauner's American grandfather done before becoming her father's father?
(a) Been a movie star.
(b) Owned his own business.
(c) Written books.
(d) Fought in WWII.

2. Where did Zauner grow up?
(a) Maine.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Oregon.
(d) California.

3. What did Zauner realize about a pair of cowboy boots Zauner's mother shipped her in college?
(a) Her mother had gotten them used.
(b) Her mother had gotten them in two different sizes.
(c) Her mother had painted her own name on one of them.
(d) Her mother had broken them in for her.

4. How old was Zauner when her mother was diagnosed with cancer?
(a) 30.
(b) 25.
(c) 20.
(d) 18.

5. How does Zauner's mother express her love?
(a) Through clothes.
(b) Through food.
(c) Through music.
(d) Through books.

6. Where did Zauner's boyfriend go to college?
(a) University of Michigan.
(b) Bryn Mawr.
(c) NYU.
(d) Boston College.

7. What was Zauner's mother, Chongmi, doing for a living in 1983?
(a) Working as a chef.
(b) Working at a hotel front desk.
(c) Writing graphic novels.
(d) Working in customer service at a credit card company.

8. What did Zauner's mother instruct Zauner's father to do to Zauner in Chapter 5?
(a) Take Zauner's car keys.
(b) Lock Zauner out of the house.
(c) Hit Zauner.
(d) Cut Zauner's hair.

9. What food did Zauner's mother almost always make before she visited?
(a) Cake.
(b) Pork chops.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) Marinated short ribs.

10. What did Chongmi tell Zauner she did after Zauner's birth that is very hurtful to Zauner?
(a) Gone back to work so she did not have to spend so much time with Zauner.
(b) Had an abortion because Zauner was such a difficult child.
(c) Tried to divorce Zauner's father.
(d) Had her tubes tied so she could not have more children.

11. Why did Zauner's mother cry in the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Her heart was palpitating.
(b) She was losing her vision.
(c) She had gained a lot of weight.
(d) Her hair was falling out.

12. What did Zauner's mother often send her in college?
(a) Cards.
(b) Money.
(c) Huge care packages.
(d) Makeup.

13. What did Kye make for Chongmi that Chongmi's mother liked in Chapter 8?
(a) Rice noodles.
(b) Jiyangu.
(c) Kongguksu.
(d) Congee.

14. Who was the mother Zauner desperately wanted to have in high school?
(a) Barbara.
(b) Janet.
(c) Colette.
(d) Riley.

15. Why did Zauner's mother tell her she should never have let her take guitar lessons?
(a) Because she said Zauner would have been a better athlete.
(b) Because she said Zauner is not pretty enough to be a star.
(c) Because she said Zauner should be focused on looking at colleges, not her music.
(d) Because she said Zauner was never really good at music.

Short Answer Questions

1. What band was Zauner playing in in Chapter 4?

2. What did Zauner's mother call to tell her in Chapter 4?

3. Why did the appearance of Chongmi's veins after her chemotherapy scare her?

4. Where are H Marts usually located, according to Zauner?

5. What did Zauner's mother always tell her to save her tears for?

(see the answer keys)

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