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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. Which lead singer did Zauner idolize as a teenager?
(a) Zendaya.
(b) Bono.
(c) Karen O.
(d) Joan Jett.

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

3. What did Zauner and Chongmi often do at the Korean spa?
(a) Get their faces done with makeup.
(b) Get pedicures.
(c) Swim.
(d) Get scrubs.

4. Who was the headliner at the first real live show Zauner ever played?
(a) Kurt Cobain.
(b) Zendaya.
(c) Karen O.
(d) Maria Taylor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Nami start dating during Zauner's childhood?

2. Why did Zauner's mother cry in the end of Chapter 8?

3. What did people in Seoul seem to think of Zauner's appearance?

4. Which friend of Chongmi's becomes a regular caregiver for her in Chapter 6?

5. What was Zauner's mother, Chongmi, doing for a living in 1983?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Chongmi respond to her first rounds of chemotherapy?

2. Why does Zauner often feel angry in Chapter 1?

3. How did Zauner's father handle Chongmi's illness?

4. Why did Zauner's mother insist that she would only do a few rounds of chemotherapy initially?

5. How did Zauner's mother and father first meet?

6. Why does Zauner find herself crying in H Mart in Chapter 1?

7. How did Chongmi used to react when Zauner would get hurt as a child?

8. Why did Zauner feel that her mother pressured her when she was a child and adolescent?

9. What attitude did Zauner's parents have towards food?

10. How does Zauner feel about having grown up in suburban/rural Oregon?

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