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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mira tell Sumi is much harder than she thought in Chapter 5?
(a) Studying.
(b) Working.
(c) Hiking.
(d) Keeping house.

2. Why does Areum want to leave the hospital more quickly than his mother does?
(a) People starting at him make him uncomfortable.
(b) He needs to sleep.
(c) He needs to eat.
(d) He needs to go to the bathroom.

3. At the end of Chapter 4, what question can Areum still not figure out?
(a) Whether his parents love him.
(b) Why God made him the way he is.
(c) What he should do when he grows up.
(d) How long it will be until he has a baby brother or sister.

4. What is Areum's mother's name?
(a) Soo.
(b) Sumi.
(c) Mira.
(d) So-hyun.

5. What does Daesu tell Areum about being devoted to one's parents?
(a) Daesu was never devoted to his own parents.
(b) Areum should always put his parents first.
(c) Daesu does not want Areum to feel he has to take care of his parents.
(d) No one is really devoted to his parents.

6. What does Daesu say he wants for Areum?
(a) For him to be healthy.
(b) For him to be tall.
(c) For him to be athletic.
(d) For him to be smart.

7. When did Areum start to age rapidly?
(a) Age 2.
(b) Age 3.
(c) Age 7.
(d) Age 10.

8. In Chapter 5, what does Mira give to Sumi as a gift?
(a) A gun.
(b) A Nike tracksuit.
(c) A designer handbag.
(d) A box of chocolates.

9. What health problem does the doctor tell Areum's mother she has during pregnancy?
(a) She is losing her hair.
(b) Swollen ankles.
(c) High blood pressure.
(d) High blood sugar.

10. At the end of Chapter 8, what does Areum do to his story?
(a) Deletes it.
(b) Changes it entirely.
(c) Sends it to a publisher.
(d) Reads it to his father.

11. In Chapter 8, what does Mira want to consider as a way of getting money?
(a) Having Areum go on a television show.
(b) Selling their house.
(c) Selling her eggs.
(d) Selling her blood.

12. Why does Daesu hesitate to open his own Tae Kwon Do studio?
(a) He has injured himself too much.
(b) He hates Tae Kwon Do.
(c) He does not really know Tae Kwon Do.
(d) He does not want to impinge on his friend's own studio.

13. Who tells Mira he is sorry he could not lend her money?
(a) One of Areum's uncles.
(b) Sumi.
(c) Little Grandpa Jang.
(d) Jae.

14. Who is Areum's neighbor that he hangs out with a lot?
(a) Kindo.
(b) Little Grandpa Jang.
(c) Jae.
(d) Big Grandpa Jang.

15. Which of the following questions does Areum ask himself as a kind of writing prompt in Chapter 4?
(a) What does my father really think of my mother?
(b) Why do parents always look like parents, no matter how young they are?
(c) Why am I sick?
(d) Why does my mother still work?

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helped Mira learn how to take care of a baby in Chapter 3?

2. Who did Areum's grandfather not like from the beginning?

3. How many children does Areum's grandmother have?

4. What personal question does Sumi ask Mira in Chapter 5?

5. What sport does Daesu specialize in?

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