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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 did people in Seoul seem to think of Zauner's appearance?
(a) She was average.
(b) She was too dark.
(c) She was pretty.
(d) She was too light.

2. How did Zauner begin to feel about Key's presence in the house?
(a) Kye was like another mother.
(b) Kye seemed suspicious of everything.
(c) Kye seemed short-tempered with her mother.
(d) Kye seemed cold and almost wanting to drive a wedge between Zauner and her mother.

3. What did Zauner's Aunt Nami nickname her in Chapter 5?
(a) Famous Bad Girl.
(b) The Stick.
(c) The Face.
(d) Dottie.

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

5. What band was Zauner playing in in Chapter 4?
(a) Shadow.
(b) Night Heart.
(c) The Winders.
(d) Little Big League.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Zauner's mother use to marinate short ribs at her run-down apartment in Philadelphia?

2. What was the name of Zauner's parents' dog?

3. What was Zauner's college degree in?

4. What does the "H" in "H Mart" stand for?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When and why did Zauner's relationship with her father start to sour?

3. What is Zauner's perspective on the kind of child she was?

4. How did people in Korea usually react to Zauner as a child on her visits there?

5. How did Zauner feel about spending six weeks in Korea every other summer as a child?

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

7. In Chapter 6, why was it so important to Zauner to be a good caregiver to her mother?

8. What happens to Zauner the year she turns 25?

9. In Chapter 5, why did Zauner's father tell her Chongmi did not want Zauner to come to her doctor's visit?

10. What happened when Zauner's mother instructed her father to hit Zauner in Chapter 5?

(see the answer keys)

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