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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. What did Oh Misook’s second oldest brother do for work?
2. What did Kim Young’s mother tell her she had once wanted to do for work in Chapter 2?
3. What did Oh Misook do with the money she earned?
4. Who did Jiyoung text to meet her at the bus stop with a phone she borrowed?
5. Why did Jiyoung think it was funny when her mother told her the job she had wanted to do when she was young?
Short Essay Questions
1. Which of Oh Misook’s odd jobs paid the best, and why did she give it up?
2. How does Suhyun react to Jiyoung’s behavior at Chuseok?
3. What happened when a male classmate threw Jiyoung’s shoe in class in elementary school?
4. When did Jiyong’s unusual behavior begin, and what did she do?
5. How does Daehyun’s sister Suhyun behave at Chuseok toward her mother and Jiyoung?
6. How did Jiyoung's father react after Jiyoung was followed on the bus by a young man who accused her of flirting with him?
7. Who did Koh Bonsoon credit for the fact that she was taken care of in her old age, despite Jiyoung’s mother doing all the work?
8. What did Daehyun think when he first began seeing his wife crying after their daughter was born?
9. What did Jiyoung’s teachers say regarding the boy in her class who picked on her?
10. What did her sister say when Jiyoung wondered why there was not a pill just for cramps?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay explaining the significance of the title of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982. How does the title support the overall narrative tone and theme of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing Nam-Choo’s choice to tell the novel from third person point of view. Discuss how this point-of-view impacts the reader’s experience. Using direct examples from the text, explain why this point-of-view is or is not an effective choice.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing the different ways women were treating during Jiyoung’s college years. Use direct examples from the text to support your analysis.
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