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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following images does the narrator use to describe the war in Korea?
(a) A child that kills the parent.
(b) A father that eats his children.
(c) A dog that returns to its vomit.
(d) An insect that devours its mate.

4. What did Japan do as it assumed control over Korea?
(a) It met with the United Nations for permission to assume control.
(b) It appointed an assembly.
(c) It carefully respected Korea's right to self-government.
(d) It assumed power with brutal force.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What year did Yu Guan Soon die?

4. Where was Mother born?

5. What language does Mother teach the children in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Cha include a quoted section of Japanese-Korean history in "Clio: History"?

2. Why does Cha include the letter from the Koreans living in Hawaii to the President of the United States?

3. Why is Mother born in Manchuria?

4. Describe the process Mother undergoes to become an American citizen.

5. Describe the medical procedure in "Urania: Astronomy."

6. Where does Mother teach?

7. Describe the way Cha treats soldiers in "Melpomene: Tragedy."

8. What is Mother's MAH-UHM? Where is it trapped?

9. In "Urania: Astronomy," what does the tongue image symbolize?

10. Describe Mother's ideas about what people do just before death.

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