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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 does Areum think is one reason people have children?
(a) To impress potential mates.
(b) To relive the life they do not remember.
(c) Because a higher power tells them to.
(d) To please their own parents.

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

3. Who gives Daesu some money in Chapter 3?
(a) Mira's father.
(b) His own mother.
(c) Mira's brother.
(d) His own father.

4. In Chapter 4, what does Mira say Areum should not be?
(a) Sick.
(b) Sorry.
(c) Happy.
(d) Sad.

5. In Chapter 5, where was Daesu's store originally?
(a) In Seoul.
(b) In London.
(c) In town, about a 30-minute bus ride from his mother's family home.
(d) In Beijing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Areum mostly learn how to talk?

2. In Chapter 5, what does Mira give to Sumi as a gift?

3. Who does Areum call "Daddy" in Chapter 5?

4. What does Mira say when Areum asks if his father was her first love?

5. What do Mira's friends ask to do when they come to visit her before she has the baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Areum's grandfather help Daesu try to start a better life in Chapter 3?

2. What does Areum notice about his parents' stories of the early life of their family?

3. What trade does Daesu work at for a while before Areum's birth, and how does the work go?

4. How does Mira explain her decision to have Areum and to get married to Sumi in Chapter 5?

5. What is Daesu's first reaction when Mira tells him about her pregnancy?

6. Why does Areum's grandfather on his mother's side dislike his father Daesu from the beginning?

7. Why does Areum's mother bind her stomach for a time during her pregnancy?

8. In Chapter 4, what does Mira say to Areum about his illness that startles him?

9. What is Sumi's advice to Mira about how to work through a big problem that is bothering her in Part I?

10. What is a constant worry for Areum's parents that they try to hide from him as much as possible?

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