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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One: Chapter 5 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hoonie learn at school in Book One, Chapter One?
(a) To read and write some Korean and Japanese and to do some small mathematical sums.
(b) English Literature.
(c) To read and write some Korean and Japanese.
(d) Calculus.

2. What does Coalman Jan say is Isak's religion in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) Presbyterian.
(b) Islamic.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Protestant.

3. According to Book One, Chapter 4, Koh Hansu is a what?
(a) Con man.
(b) Fish broker.
(c) Pimp.
(d) Pachinko parlor owner.

4. What does Hansu give Sunja as a gift in Book One, Chapter 6?
(a) A diamond wedding ring to propose.
(b) Plan B contraceptive.
(c) A gold pocket watch from England.
(d) A jar of Kimchi.

5. Why does Isak travel in spite of his mother and doctor not approving as described in Book One, Chapter 7?
(a) The church in Osaka asks him to come.
(b) He found life in Korea boring.
(c) He did not want to stay in Pyongyang any more.
(d) He wanted to join the revolutionaries in Japan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many times does Yangjin give birth before Sunja survives in Book One, Chapter One?

3. Where had Hansu spent his boyhood exploring as he tells Sunja in Book One, Chapter 5?

4. How does Isak arrive in Yeongdu from Pyongyang in Book One, Chapter 2?

5. Why was Isak surprised he graduated seminary school as described in Book One, Chapter 8?

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