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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One: Chapter 5 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Coalman Jan say is Isak's religion in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Presbyterian.
(c) Islamic.
(d) Protestant.

2. What does Yangjin think about Isak when she first sees him in Book One, Chapter 2?
(a) She thinks he looks sick.
(b) She wants him to marry her daughter.
(c) He could pass as a wealthy Korean.
(d) He could pass as a rich Japanese.

3. What does Hansu give Sunja as a gift in Book One, Chapter 6?
(a) A diamond wedding ring to propose.
(b) Plan B contraceptive.
(c) A jar of Kimchi.
(d) A gold pocket watch from England.

4. Why does Isak travel in spite of his mother and doctor not approving as described in Book One, Chapter 7?
(a) He found life in Korea boring.
(b) He wanted to join the revolutionaries in Japan.
(c) The church in Osaka asks him to come.
(d) He did not want to stay in Pyongyang any more.

5. What does Sunja tell Hansu when she finds out he is married in Book One, Chapter 6?
(a) "I will never see you again" (51).
(b) "I will be your mistress" (51).
(c) "My father would have hated you" (51).
(d) "I want to get married immediately" (51).

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Hansu spent his boyhood exploring as he tells Sunja in Book One, Chapter 5?

2. What does Koh Hansu tell Sunja to be careful for in Book One, Chapter 4?

3. How did Isak's older brother, Samoel, die as described in Book One, Chapter 8?

4. What does the matchmaker take as signs of the prosperity of Hoonie's family in Book One, Chapter One?

5. What are the Korean market women called as described in Book One, Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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