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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One: Chapter 13 - 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does Pastor Yoo tell Isak he can pay him in Book One, Chapter 14?
(a) 23 yen a month.
(b) 15 yen a month, maybe less.
(c) 50 yen a month.
(d) 15 sen a month.

2. What does Pastor Yoo tell the sister in the dispute in Book One, Chapter 14?
(a) That she should go to school herself.
(b) That she should become a prostitute.
(c) That her virtue is more important than sending money to her family or her brother to school.
(d) That she should get as much money from the Japanese man as possible and give the excess to the church.

3. What vulgar thing does Yoseb say to shame Sunja when he finds out she has paid his debts in Book One, Chapter 17?
(a) "My nuts are shriveling” (142).
(b) "I never liked you" (142).
(c) "My men are mocking me" (142).
(d) "My penis is falling off" (142).

4. What does Sunja tell Hansu when she finds out he is married in Book One, Chapter 6?
(a) "I will never see you again" (51).
(b) "My father would have hated you" (51).
(c) "I want to get married immediately" (51).
(d) "I will be your mistress" (51).

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Isak travel in spite of his mother and doctor not approving as described in Book One, Chapter 7?

2. Why are the male lodger's clothes not washed often enough as described in Book One, Chapter 3?

3. What do Isak and Sunja eat together in Sunja’s first restaurant in Book One, Chapter 9?

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

5. What does Yangjin think about Isak when she first sees him in Book One, Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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