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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hana ask Solomon if he wants to do in Book Three, Chapter 13?
(a) Be her boyfriend.
(b) Explore the woods.
(c) Move to America.
(d) Have sex with her.

2. What happens when Sunja goes to Koh Hansu's Osaka house in Book Two, Chapter 20?
(a) She moves into the kitchen as a dishwasher.
(b) She begs him to help with Noa.
(c) She sleeps on the garden grounds until he arrives.
(d) She is told he is not there.

3. What news do the policemen bring Mozasu in Book Three, Chapter 3?
(a) That he is going to be arrested for being a Christian.
(b) That his son and wife were hit by a taxi, and Yumi died on the ambulance to the hospital.
(c) That his shop is going to be closed because of embezzlement.
(d) That his wife and son were hit by a taxi, but they are both only lightly injured.

4. In Book Three, Chapter 10, what does Hana say about Etsuko being a mother?
(a) "I know you hate us" (405).
(b) "I know you didn't want us" (405).
(c) "I forgive you" (405).
(d) "I know you did the best you could" (405).

5. What does Solomon ask his father to explain when he tells his father that he wants to take over the family business in Book Three, Chapter 21?
(a) How to get Phoebe back.
(b) How to set a pachinko machine.
(c) A ledger.
(d) A badger.

6. What does Yoseb tell Changho in Book Two, Chapter 14?
(a) He would kill Changho for liking Kyunghee is he were not so sick.
(b) He does not want to die.
(c) If he waits until Yoseb dies, he can marry Kyunghee.
(d) He wants Changho to honor kill him.

7. What does Phoebe tell Solomon in Book Three, 21?
(a) She is breaking up with him.
(b) She finds herself as a crossroad and is not sure how to choose.
(c) She never liked him.
(d) She wants to determine her own pathway in life.

8. Why do Mozasu, Totoyama, and Goro-san think Solomon is visiting in Book Three, Chapter 20?
(a) Because he is skipping work.
(b) Because he missed them so much.
(c) Because he has quit his job.
(d) Because he is tired.

9. What do Solomon and Hana begin doing after school in Book Three, Chapter 14?
(a) Throwing stones through windows.
(b) Finding ways to play pranks on the locals kids.
(c) Having sex with one another.
(d) River rafting down the creek.

10. Why does Hana tell Solomon in Book Three, Chapter 19 that she could not have stayed with him?
(a) Because the hurt she held towards her parents was so deep that she could not show love to anyone else.
(b) Because she wanted o explore the world.
(c) Because she could not see any other way to be happy.
(d) Because she felt certain she would hurt him.

11. What does Solomon say to Etsuko at the end of Book Two, Chapter 11?
(a) "You are a mother to me" (415).
(b) "You should be ashamed of yourself as your kids say" (415).
(c) "You can never fully atone for the past" (415).
(d) "You are my favorite person" (415).

12. What is Noa's embarrassing wish in Book Two, Chapter 15?
(a) He wants to be rich.
(b) He wants to become a television writer.
(c) He wants to be a European from a long time ago.
(d) He wants to become an American.

13. In Book Three, Chapter 2, who comes to help out Yumi while she is bedridden?
(a) Kyunghee.
(b) Mozasu.
(c) Sunja.
(d) Yangjin.

14. What does Yoseb tell Sunja to do to pay for Noa's university tuition in Book One, Chapter 13?
(a) Start working.
(b) Take out a life insurance for Yoseb.
(c) Sell his tools, and have Mozasu ask Goro for a loan.
(d) Try to find a cheaper school.

15. In Book Three, chapter 20, what does Goro-san tell Solomon about the old Korean woman’s property?
(a) That the client rejected the property after the woman's death.
(b) That the client bought the property from him.
(c) That it is a bad piece of property anyways.
(d) That Solomon should not have asked him to help with the deal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Noa's first friend in Nagano in Book Three, Chapter 1?

2. From Book Three, Chapter 16, what question from Japanese people causes Phoebe to overreact?

3. What does one of the men at the poker game tease Solomon about at the end of Book Three, Chapter 16?

4. What does Kazu tell Solomon as a life lesson in Book Three, Chapter 17?

5. What does Hana ask Solomon if Christianity is like in Book Three, Chapter 13?

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