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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Urania: Astronomy," the speaker has a hard time distinguishing rain from which of the following?
(a) Sleet.
(b) Running water.
(c) Snow.
(d) Dreams.

2. How many years has Mother spent in exile?
(a) 18.
(b) 10.
(c) 36.
(d) 6.

3. What does the tutor do when the brother refuses to obey?
(a) Strikes him across the face.
(b) Leaves the house.
(c) Yells for the speaker's uncle.
(d) Drags him away from the demonstration.

4. Which of the following is silent during "Urania: Astronomy"?
(a) The narrator's thoughts.
(b) The narrator.
(c) The swan.
(d) Paragraphs and phrases.

5. What format does the conversation in the confessional take?
(a) Question and answer.
(b) Monologue.
(c) Dialogue.
(d) Silence.

6. After how many years does the narrator return to Korea?
(a) 36.
(b) 8.
(c) 2.
(d) 18.

7. In "Urania: Astronomy," where does the nurse begin her procedure?
(a) The urinary tract.
(b) The chest.
(c) The left arm.
(d) The right arm.

8. What part of Mother's being is trapped in Korea?
(a) Her UHM-MAH.
(b) Her MAH-UHM.
(c) Her body.
(d) Her mind.

9. Which of the following is NOT a phrase the narrator in "Urania: Astronomy" uses to describe failed attempts at speech?
(a) Cracked tongue.
(b) Broke speech.
(c) Pidgeon.
(d) Muteness.

10. During the Japanese occupation, what edict came out regarding men's grooming?
(a) All men were to wear a top knot.
(b) All men were to cut their hair short.
(c) All men were to wear plain clothes.
(d) All men were to shave their beards.

11. On what day did Guan Soon lead a revolutionary protest?
(a) January 1, 1919.
(b) March 15, 1919.
(c) March 1, 1919.
(d) March 1, 1920.

12. What grade does Mother teach?
(a) 1st grade.
(b) 2nd grade.
(c) 5th grade.
(d) 3rd grade.

13. What is Mother's refuge?
(a) The Catholic faith.
(b) Manchuria.
(c) Her mother tongue.
(d) Education and hope for the future.

14. What language does Mother teach the children in?
(a) Japanese.
(b) French.
(c) Korean.
(d) Chinese.

15. Which two figures does Cha yoke together at the end of "Melpomene: Tragedy"?
(a) Sibyl and Persephone.
(b) Demeter and Persephone.
(c) Demeter and Melpomene.
(d) Demeter and Sybil.

Short Answer Questions

1. From which sources does news of the September conflict emerge?

2. In the Opening, which languages are the translation exercises written in?

3. What is Mother's ethnicity?

4. How many volunteer resistance members were killed by Japanese troops on September 12, 1907?

5. What does the narrator bite in "Urania: Astronomy"?

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