The Sun is Also a Star Quiz

What is Natasha most worried about at the start of the novel?

• Her upcoming chemistry test

• Being deported to Jamaica

• Her relationship with her father

• Her brother’s college application

What does Natasha listen to while walking through New York City?

• Classical music

• Pop songs

• Podcasts about the universe

Why is Daniel nervous about his day?

• He is meeting with a poetry publisher.

• He has an important interview with a Yale alumnus.

• He is presenting a speech at school.

• He is late for a family dinner.

How does Natasha view love and fate?

• She believes they are meaningless concepts.

• She thinks they are essential to happiness.

• She is indifferent and doesn’t care.

• She finds them unpredictable and terrifying.

What is Daniel’s relationship with his family like?

• Close and supportive

• Strained due to his career choices

• Distant because he lives alone

• Easygoing and fun-loving

Why is Natasha’s family being deported?

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What does the term “hyung” symbolize in Daniel and Charlie’s relationship?

• A sign of respect from Daniel to Charlie

• A reminder of their Korean heritage

• A source of embarrassment for Charlie in front of his friends

• All of the above

How does Charlie’s reaction to being called “hyung” reflect his feelings about his cultural identity?

• He is proud of his heritage and defends it to his friends.

• He is indifferent to the term and ignores Daniel.

• He rejects the term, showing his discomfort with expressing his cultural identity in front of others.

• He laughs and embraces the title as a joke.

Why does Daniel stop calling Charlie “hyung” after this incident?

• He feels that Charlie no longer respects him as a brother.

• He realizes that Charlie does not want to acknowledge their cultural bond.

• He decides to embrace a more Americanized way of addressing Charlie.

• He no longer sees Charlie as a figure of authority.

What literary device is most prominent in the line, “Somehow I had made my brother into a king”?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Symbolism