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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two: Chapter 13 - 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Isak when he was growing up as described in Book One, Chapter 7?
(a) A devout child who only wanted to become a pastor.
(b) A privileged invalid who had servants to help him with what he could not do.
(c) The healthiest young boy in his family
(d) A little boy running about the garden eating apples.

2. Why does Kyunghee think she still may be able to have children in Book One, Chapter 15?
(a) Because Sara in the Bible had children in her old age.
(b) Because a stork settled on their doorway and laid an egg.
(c) Because her doctor told her she was still fertile.
(d) Because she had a vision from God.

3. What name do we learn Noa goes by at school in Book Two, Chapter 4?
(a) His father's name, Isak Baek.
(b) His Korean name, Noa Baek.
(c) His Japanese name, Nobuo Boku.
(d) His uncle's name, Yoseb Baek.

4. What does Mozasu do each Saturday after he starts working at the pachinko parlor in Book Two, Chapter 12?
(a) Go to a brothel.
(b) Go for a swim in the ocean.
(c) Give his mother his pay envelope.
(d) Go to a casino.

5. Why does Tanaka-san say he will give Kyunghee half the meat she requested in Book One, Chapter 15?
(a) Because, "I only want to sleep with you" (128).
(b) Because, "I hope one day you will become my wife” (128).
(c) Because, "a mother must eat well if she's to raise a strong worker for the Emperor" (128).
(d) Because, "I want you to bring by some of the Seolleongtang when you are done cooking" (128).

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Sunja and Isak go with Kyunghee and Yoseb after dinner their first night in Osaka in Book One, Chapter 13?

2. Why does Isak feel spoken to by the Lord to marry Sunja in Book One, Chapter 8?

3. Why does Mozasu find school difficult in Book Two, Chapter 10?

4. What does Sunja think when she first sees Hansu again in Book One, Chapter 6?

5. Why are butchers on the lower rungs of Japanese society as described in Book One, Chapter 15?

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