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Fiesta Hoy Market (The Store)

This place is where Frank Li's parents have worked for decades to provide for their family and build a life for themselves after emigrating to America from Korea with nothing.

The Gatherings

These regular dinner parties are attended by Frank's parents and their Korean friends for many years after they all emigrate from Korea to America.

The Limbos

Frank and his Korean-American friends use this term to describe themselves, revealing their conflicted feelings about their identities and the pressures their families place on them.

The Apeys

Frank and his friends in Advanced-Placement Calculus use this term to describe themselves, signifying their intelligence and their membership the group.

Means's Family's Carved Wooden Mermaid

This decoration that hangs over the doorway of one of Frank's friends symbolizes both class and aesthetic taste differences between Frank's family and the other family.

The SAT Test

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