Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood

Reading Check and Short Answer Questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

PREFACE-SCENE 2

Reading Check

1. What type of writer does Kim describe himself as?

2. According to Kim, what is the difference between the use of “I” in English and Korean?

3. What word does the high school boy in the train compartment use to refer to Kim’s father when explaining Mr. Kim’s absence to the conductor?

4. What do Kim’s mother and father realize about Kim after they cross the river into Manchuria?

5. Whom does Kim’s grandfather want Kim to do better than in school?

6. To whom do Kim and his classmates bow?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. What is the meaning of Han in Korean? What is the significance of this topic in Korean literature?

2. What type of work will Kim’s mother and father do in Manchuria? How do the Japanese Thought Police detective and the Japanese Military Policeman respond to this information?

3. What predicament does Kim’s mother face on the train? What does she decide to do?

4. What aside does Kim take from his narrative about his first day of the second grade? How does this aside separate Kim as the narrator from Kim as the character?

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