Nonfiction

Which of the following would construction workers most likely campaign for?

• more expensive building materials

• taller apartment buildings

• more stylish work uniforms

• a safer workplace

What did Amy's adoptive mother encourage her to do regarding her heritage?

• She encouraged her to explore it through Korean cultural programs and a motherland tour.

• She encouraged her to stop caring so much about her birth country and biological family.

• She encouraged her to study Korean in university so she could read her birth records.

• She encouraged her to write a memoir about her experiences as a Korean adoptee.

Which of the following is NOT true about the Korean community in Palisades Park?

• It has a Korean-American mayor.

• Everyone who lives there has Korean heritage.

• There are many Korean shops and restaurants there.

• Several major Korean companies have their North American headquarters there.

Which of the following would most likely be nostalgic to an adult?

• a delicious dish they recently learned how to cook

• a coffee shop they visit for lunch once a week

• a book they loved to read when they were growing up

• a fun video game that was released a month earlier

Which of the following groups were a part of the Second Wave of Korean immigration?

• workers on sugar and pineapple farms

• the children of Korean immigrants who came earlier

• political refugees escaping the Japanese military

• orphaned children adopted by American families

Which of the following is NOT true about the growth of the fried chicken industry in the 1970s?

• The South Korean economy grew rapidly in the 1970s, so people had more money to spend on luxuries.

• Cooking oil, which is needed to make fried chicken, became much cheaper in the 1970s.

• The first ever fried chicken restaurant opened in the 1970s.

• Many Korean fried chicken franchises that are still around today first opened during the 1970s.

What is the most likely reason why young Amy tried so hard to be a model American?

• She thought the United States was a much better place to live than South Korea.

• She felt more comfortable acting like an American than a Korean.

• She didn’t want to erase her memories of her birth country and family.

• She wanted to fit in with the American children around her and be accepted by them.

Why was fried chicken considered a luxury and not a common dish during the 1960s?

• People only cooked at home then, where it was impossible to fry food.

• Fried chicken needed to be shipped to Korea from the U.S., so it was rare to find.

• It was considered a food for kings, so regular people could not even dream of eating it.

• Food supplies were limited, and most people could not afford to eat it very often.

Under what circumstances was fried chicken introduced in South Korea?

• U.S. troops opened the first restaurants in South Korea that served fried chicken.

• U.S. troops sent to fight in the Korean War introduced it to South Korean soldiers.

• U.S. troops brought large amounts of fried chicken in order to feed the Korean people.

• U.S. troops trained South Korean chefs to cook American food, including fried chicken.

Which of the following is a reason why adoptees have a hard time finding their biological families?

• Their adoptive parents forbid them to go to Korea.

• They often didn’t have documents with details about their birth parents or when and where they were born.

• The South Korean government would not allow them to go to orphanages and look for their birth records.

• There aren’t enough translators in Korea who can help them understand their birth documents.