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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mother do with her wages?
(a) Pays room and board, then sends the rest home.
(b) Funds the childrens' education.
(c) Maintains a modest existence with enough to eat.
(d) Pays off loans.

2. What is placed on the tongue in the Opening?
(a) Ash.
(b) A wafer.
(c) Water.
(d) Salt.

3. Which ritual contains nine of each action?
(a) Novena.
(b) Communion.
(c) Confession.
(d) Late rites.

4. What color are the narrator's veins in "Urania: Astronomy"?
(a) Blue-green-purple.
(b) Yellow-green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red-brown.

5. What is the major struggle in the Opening?
(a) The woman's struggle to speak.
(b) A conflict between mother and daughter.
(c) A conflict between wife and husband.
(d) The woman's struggle for recognition.

6. In the "Urania: Astronomy" section, what is the purpose of exhalation?
(a) To express affirmation.
(b) To express frustration.
(c) To express grief.
(d) To express guilt.

7. Which word appears in italics at the end of "Melpomene: Tragedy"?
(a) She.
(b) No.
(c) Against.
(d) Her.

8. Where was Mother born?
(a) Japan.
(b) The United States.
(c) Korea.
(d) Yong Jung, Manchuria.

9. How many provinces was France formerly divided into?
(a) 32.
(b) 18.
(c) 36.
(d) 23.

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

11. How is the first English paragraph in the Opening punctuated?
(a) With punctuation marks, such as quotations.
(b) With skipped lines.
(c) With punctuation words, such as "period."
(d) With empty spaces.

12. In "Urania: Astronomy," what does the nurse wrap around the patient's arm?
(a) A rubber band.
(b) Tape for the IV.
(c) A blood pressure cuff.
(d) A bandage.

13. In the Opening, which languages are the translation exercises written in?
(a) Korean and French.
(b) French and Korean.
(c) French and English.
(d) Korean and English.

14. Which one does the narrator NOT describe in "Urania: Astronomy"?
(a) Throat.
(b) Tongue.
(c) Teeth.
(d) Lung.

15. What calendar dates the birth of Yu Guan Soon?
(a) The English Calendar.
(b) The Lunar Calendar.
(c) The Korean Calendar.
(d) The Julian Calendar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What format does the conversation in the confessional take?

2. What is Mother's refuge?

3. What color is the fluid that emerges during the medical procedure in "Urania: Astronomy"?

4. What language does Mother teach the children in?

5. What does the tutor do when the brother refuses to obey?

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