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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Jae buy his store in the area he did when he first moved to America?
(a) He got tax incentives from the government for buying there.
(b) It was where his father told him to start a business.
(c) It was where he believed it would be best to raise children.
(d) He believed the neighborhood was improving.

2. What does Soo carry in her envelope of cash that she brings from Korea to the United States?
(a) Jade.
(b) A bracelet.
(c) A lucky string.
(d) Gold birthday rings.

3. Who does Ji-won's family almost exclusively socialize with?
(a) Other Korean families.
(b) Chinese families.
(c) Her neighbors in the apartment building.
(d) Indian families.

4. Who is Ji-won's teacher?
(a) Mrs. Hendricks.
(b) Mrs. Jong.
(c) Mrs. Tally.
(d) Mrs. Wilson.

5. In "First Language," what does Sae-ri wait for many months to get before moving to America?
(a) Her clothes.
(b) Her rings.
(c) Her paperwork.
(d) Her hats.

6. What is one of Sae-ri's mother's concerns about the proposed husband waiting for Sae-ri in America?
(a) He is too young for her.
(b) He already has children.
(c) He is not working.
(d) He is too old for her.

7. What is the Korean name of Sae-ri's son?
(a) Roni.
(b) Min-soo.
(c) Jae.
(d) Ki-tae.

8. What is Chun-ja's injury in the Korean disaster?
(a) She loses an arm.
(b) She loses an eye.
(c) She loses a foot.
(d) She loses a leg.

9. What animals does Sae-ri see at the Last Chance Ranch that she briefly wonders if only she can see?
(a) Wolves.
(b) Lambs.
(c) Elk.
(d) Horses.

10. What is distinctive about Ji-won's new friend's appearance?
(a) Her bright clothes.
(b) Her makeup.
(c) Her jewelry.
(d) Her long black braid.

11. What does Sae-ri consider doing instead of going to America to get married in an arranged marriage?
(a) Marrying someone else in Korea.
(b) Fleeing in Korea before she leaves for America.
(c) Killing herself.
(d) Faking her own death.

12. What does Anjali's mother do to her hair?
(a) Dyes it.
(b) Cuts it short.
(c) Styles it in a strange way.
(d) Sells it.

13. What disaster took the lives of many in Korea, including those of some of Soo's and Jae's acquaintances?
(a) The bombing.
(b) The Sampoong Department Store collapse.
(c) The Tsunami.
(d) The earthquake.

14. What reputation did Sae-ri used to have as a young girl in Korea?
(a) She was brash and non-decorous.
(b) She was shy.
(c) She was very musically talented.
(d) She was brilliant.

15. What does Jae seem to resent Soo for that comes up years after they move to America?
(a) She pressured him to drop out of school to marry her.
(b) She told him not to get his advanced degree.
(c) She forced him to take a bad job with her father.
(d) She had pressured him not to take a job with LG that he thought would have set them up for life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word means unconditional love in Korean?

2. What happens to Soo when she tries to have children with Jae?

3. What holiday does Mrs. Wilson ask the class about that no one in the class has celebrated?

4. What did Ki-tae used to teach Soo?

5. What happens in Ji-won's class that upsets all the children and parents?

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