Think you’ve got your head wrapped around A Step from Heaven? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. When Young Ju confuses Mi Gook (America) for heaven, her confusion…
highlights her femininity.
turns her into a Belieber.
shows her naïveté about both her religion and America.
reveals her passive nature.
Q. The scene in which Young Ju calls the 9-1-1 operator is an example of…
her prankster attitude and why Apa is justified in his anger.
her passivity.
how she ought to be in the next Scream movie.
how she overcomes her passivity and fear of her father.
Q. The chapter in which Apa turns into the Blob is an example of…
the love and closeness in even the most dysfunctional families.
how passive he becomes when he drinks a lot.
the way his violence spreads like jelly throughout the house.
his failed dream to become a Hollywood actor starring in a horror film.
Q. Young Ju's dislike of her new curly hair is an example of…
her violent, oppositional nature.
her resistance to stereotypical views of American femininity.
her rebellion against her mother.
her budding drive to become the next Vidal Sassoon.
Q. When Uhmma tells Young Ju that her father taught Young Ju how to run into the ocean's waves, the scene is an example of…
Young Ju's hard stubbornness and inability to forgive Apa.
how much Uhmma is still in love with Apa.
Young Ju's genetic roots as a mermaid.
Uhmma's attempt to show how Apa was once a good father who did care about the family.