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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 strange thing happened as Jiyoung headed to the bus after getting out of cram school late one night?

2. What did the woman who helped Jiyoung at the bus stop say after she said that here were a lot of crazy guys out there?

3. Where does Jiyoung live at the start of the chapter entitled “Autumn”?

4. What were girls at Jiyoung’s school made to do for the teachers that boys were not?

5. What did Jiyoung’s mother do or say to her when she found out she had started her period?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Jiyoung’s middle school become coed during her first year?

2. How were the girls who brought the flasher to the police station treated at school after the event?

3. What did her sister say when Jiyoung wondered why there was not a pill just for cramps?

4. What did Jiyoung’s teachers say regarding the boy in her class who picked on her?

5. What did Oh Misook and her sister do with the money they earned in the factory in Cheonggyecheon?

6. What did Jiyoung’s father do after accepting early retirement from his place of employment during the financial crisis in Korea?

7. Where did Kim Jiyoung live as a child and with whom?

8. How were abortion laws in Korea described in the chapter “Childhood”?

9. What happened when a male classmate threw Jiyoung’s shoe in class in elementary school?

10. What dies Jiyoung say at Chuseok in Busan that upsets Daehyun’s father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay comparing and contrasting Jiyoung’s family with that of her husband’s. Use direct examples from the text to support your comparison.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing the systemic misogyny Jiyoung experienced in the chapter entitled “Childhood.”

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring the gender inequities and systemic misogyny Jiyoung experienced both directly and indirectly in the chapter “Adolescence.”

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