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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 Sae-ri's mother do in the mornings in the time before Sae-ri leaves Korea?
(a) Cooks.
(b) Sits in front of her mirror.
(c) Talks to friends.
(d) Reads the newspaper.

2. What do Soo and Jae eat on the way to the revival?
(a) Rice and toasted seaweed.
(b) Burgers.
(c) Hero sandwiches.
(d) Eggrolls.

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

4. Who is Sae-ri's' husband?
(a) Robert.
(b) James.
(c) John.
(d) Ki-tae.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What disaster took the lives of many in Korea, including those of some of Soo's and Jae's acquaintances?

2. Who did Soo once give a chocolate bar to for free from the shop?

3. In the story "A Map of the Simplified World," who is Ji-won's new friend?

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

5. Where was Ji-won's old apartment that she sometimes thinks about?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sae-ri feel about her husband after some years of marriage?

2. What is Soo's brief conversation with Ki-tae's wife like?

3. Why do Soo and Jae have no children?

4. Why does Sae-ri's mother finally send Matthew over to America and to Sae-ri from Korea?

5. What happens in Ji-won's school that leads to Anjali being treated as an outcast?

6. Why does Sae-ri's son, Matthew, go to the Last Chance Ranch?

7. What is Soo's relationship with Jae like in the present?

8. In the story "First Language," how does Sae-ri feel about the Last Chance Ranch?

9. In "First Language," who arranges for Sae-ri's marriage and why?

10. How does Sae-ri think of her own character as she was as a young woman?

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