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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. How does Ji-won's family change over the course of the story?
2. Where is Sae-ri driving with her husband in the opening pages of "First Language"?
3. What does Jae seem to resent Soo for that comes up years after they move to America?
4. What do guests traditionally shower the bride and groom with in a Korean wedding?
5. Who does Ji-won overhear saying racist things in school?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the director of the Last Chance Ranch call Sae-ri and tell her to pick her son up?
2. Why does Soo want to go see Ki-tae as he passes nearby in a traveling revival?
3. What happens in Ji-won's school that leads to Anjali being treated as an outcast?
4. In "First Language," who arranges for Sae-ri's marriage and why?
5. What is Soo's brief conversation with Ki-tae's wife like?
6. In the story "First Language," how does Sae-ri feel about the Last Chance Ranch?
7. What does Sae-ri tell Matthew when she comes to collect him at Last Chance Ranch?
8. Why was Soo so disappointed when she first came to America from Korea as a young married woman?
9. Why does Sae-ri sometimes feel that she is a less than good mother?
10. As a student applying for college, how does Ji-won look back on her time of friendship with Anjali?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do you think Choi chooses to focus many of the stories in this collection on different aspects of the immigrant experience in America? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
How does Choi communicate So-hyun's mother's subservience and desperation to the reader in the story "Skinship?" Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
How does Sae-ri's character change over the course of the story "First Language," and what part does her having and caring for her children play in her character's arc throughout the story? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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