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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. What does Sunja think when she first sees Hansu again in Book One, Chapter 6?
(a) Angry at him for taking so long.
(b) Disappointment that he has not brought her a bigger present.
(c) Excited that they will get to have sex now.
(d) Proud that a man like him has chosen her.

2. Why are butchers on the lower rungs of Japanese society as described in Book One, Chapter 15?
(a) Because they are all Korean.
(b) Because touching dead animals is a shameful occupation.
(c) Because there have been mass murderers who have been butchers.
(d) Because Japanese customers do not buy meat.

3. Why does Sunja tell Isak that she can love his God in Book One, Chapter 9?
(a) Because she spoke to the spirits and they said it was ok.
(b) Because she is familiar with spirits and Gods and so thinks she can love his God as well.
(c) Because she wants to deceive him.
(d) Because she will agree with anything that Isak says.

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

5. What does the the arrival of Sunja’s baby interrupt for midwife Okja in Book One, Chapter 17?
(a) Her dinner.
(b) Her local gambling game.
(c) Her husband's drunken rant.
(d) Her sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Yoseb's work in Osaka as described in Book One, Chapter 12?

2. Where do Kyunghee and Sunja meet the moneylender boss in Book One, Chapter 16?

3. What does Isak say to Yangjin when he realizes he has tuberculosis in Book One, Chapter 3?

4. Why do Bokhee and Dokhee think Sunja is unhappy in Book One, Chapter 11?

5. Where do the Koreans in Osaka live as described in Book One, Chapter 12?

(see the answer key)

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