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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 Isak think Sunja will offset about him in their marriage in Book One, Chapter 13?
(a) His "impractical nature” (111).
(b) His "impatience" (111).
(c) His "inability to think of anyone except for himself" (111).
(d) His "fear of noodles” (111).

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

3. Where do Kyunghee and Sunja meet the moneylender boss in Book One, Chapter 16?
(a) At the bar.
(b) At the local mill.
(c) At the sake shop.
(d) At an Udon shop.

4. What does Yoseb name Isak and Sunja’s new baby boy in Book One, Chapter 17?
(a) Jacob.
(b) Noa.
(c) Isak.
(d) Abraham.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How had Sunja been proud of her father's kindness as described in Book One, Chapter 9?

2. Why does Tanaka-san say he will give Kyunghee half the meat she requested in Book One, Chapter 15?

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

4. What does Koh Hansu tell Sunja to call him in Book One, Chapter 5?

5. How much does Yoseb owe the money collector in total as described in Book One, Chapter 16?

(see the answer key)

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