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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three: Chapter 17 - 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ayame want to move after Totoyama-san's death in Book Three, Chapter 6?
(a) Pyongyang.
(b) Hokkaido.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) Yokohama.

2. In Book Three, Chapter 2, what does Sunja say hearing Yumi's backstory?
(a) "My child, you have suffered too much" (345).
(b) "My child, you are starting a new family now" (345).
(c) "My child, I will take care of you now” (345).
(d) "Wow, that's TERRIBLE” (345).

3. What does Etsuko think, as she leaves Hana in her apartment in Book Three, Chapter 10, that she could do?
(a) She wishes she could return to her children being young again and treat them a little kinder.
(b) She wishes she had had only boys.
(c) She wishes to forget the past.
(d) She wishes she never had children.

4. Where do the Koreans in Osaka live as described in Book One, Chapter 12?
(a) Taisho Ward.
(b) In Ikaino, the ghetto.
(c) Higashi Ward.
(d) Amagasuki.

5. What is the name of the new girl at Totoyama's sewing shop in Book Two, Chapter 16?
(a) Yumi.
(b) Maya.
(c) Marie.
(d) Yumiko.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sunja think about her children in Book Two, Chapter 4?

2. What does Hansu give Sunja as a gift in Book One, Chapter 6?

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

4. What does Sunja tell Hansu when she finds out he is married in Book One, Chapter 6?

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

(see the answer key)

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