Kim's Convenience: Guided Reading Questions

Author's Note $($ Pg $1)$

$1.$ Describe the past of Ins Choi's mother and father.

$2.$ Describe the situation of Choi's family when they first immigrated to Canada.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

My father grew up in North Korea. From the time of his birth until the end of the Second World War, the country was occupied by the Japanese. Soon after the Second World War, the Korean Civil War broke out. During that time, he and his family walked south, across the mountainous Korean peninsula, with thousands of others in search of freedom. My mother grew up in an orphanage in war $-$ torn South Korea, raising her younger brother from the age of five. After graduating from high school, she worked as a secretary for the government, at which time she met my father. They arrived in Canada in $1975$ ?with two hundred dollars, three kids, and a lot of hope. My father worked at my uncle's convenience store by day and went to ESL classes by night, while my mother took care of me and my two older sisters.

After a performance of Kim's Convenience at the $2011$ ?Toronto Fringe Festival, my parents came up to me $,$ ?hugged me $,$ ?and said, $"$ We are very proud of you. Thank you."