Study guide 1-5

Gathering of Pearls Study Guide: Chapters 1-5

Post the answers to each reading question on your blogs on the due dates posted on the portal. There is a combination of fact questions, opinion questions, and thinking questions. All are important in understanding the novel.
Chapter 1

1. Sookan describes women in the U.S. as having much more freedom than she was accustomed to in Korea. Google “U.S. women’s roles 1950s” and read a little about the lives of women in this time period (remember that she mostly interacts with educated women who come from wealthy families). What were their lives like? In 3-5 sentences, describe what you found out.

American society in the 1950s was geared toward the family. Marriage and children were part of the national agenda. And the Cold War was in part a culture war, with the American family at the center of the struggle.

Chapter 2
1. Define pocket money (p. 13) and honorific (p.15).
A little money which as a gift. A way to get honor
2. How does Sookan know that color coordination is important to Sookan?
It is a way that can get in the US society
3. What does Sookan’s scholarship pay for?
All the school fees
4. What does Sookan need to do in order to maintain her scholarship?
Helping a schlarship
5. What does it mean to “go Dutch” when two friends go do something together? They will pay for themselves.
6. Compare Sookan’s personality and life to Ellen’s. How are they different? Sookan are more quiet ellen more out going

Chapter 3
1. What courses doe Sookan take in her first semester at school and which is most difficult? History and ecomic
2. Who is Marci? Describe her appearance and personality.
Her friends a little bit keeper
3. What job does Sookan get to earn extra money for books?
treanstate
4. How does Sookan feel about her older sister? Describe her conflicting emotions.
She follow what the sister asked.

Chapter 4
1. Define melancholy.
sadness
2. Why is Sookan melancholy after reading her mother’s letter?
Because her family did not have a good time after her lift
3. Describe Sookan’s mother (her character and personality).
The parent who love her dauthger and also dought anout the decident that her made Chapter 5

1. Does Sookan enjoy babysitting? Why or why not?
2. While babysitting, what does she learn about the roles of men and women in the U.S. that is

different from their roles in Korea?
3. If you were babysitting, would you have done all of the extra things that Sookan did? Why or

why not? Why do you think she did them? She did enjoy this kind of co unite  work

In the Korea the woman have less right then US. 

Not sure because she enjoy those helping but I may not.