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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 23, what grade did Yunjae finish?

2. What did Gon do when he went to his mother's funeral?

3. At the end of Chapter 25, who did Dr. Shim suggest that Yunjae talk to about going to school and the problems he was having?

4. How old was Dr. Shim in Chapter 21?

5. According to rumors, what was Yunjae's IQ?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Mrs. Yun's funeral different from Yunjae's grandmother's funeral?

2. How did kids react when they learned that Yunjae's mother and grandmother were killed during the Christmas murder?

3. How did Yunjae describe his mother?

4. Why did the man massacre people on Christmas eve?

5. In Chapter 4, why had Yunjae's mother been worried about him for a long time?

6. What rumors were started about Yunjae when he said he felt nothing when his grandmother was killed during the Christmas murder?

7. Who was Yun Kwonho, and what did he want from Yunjae?

8. What did Dr. Shim do when there were so many complaints and comments about Yunjae?

9. What happened when Yunjae was waiting for the waiter to refill the candy basket with plum-flavored candies at the restaurant where he celebrated his birthday?

10. Who was Dr. Shim, and what did he offer Yunjae?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A man attacks and kills people on Christmas Eve. How does the attack affect Yunjae? How does he learn to deal with the tragedy?

Essay Topic 2

Foreshadowing is a method authors use to hint at events to come in a novel. How does the author use foreshadowing in the book? Does the use of foreshadowing create suspense?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

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