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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isak call out to Sunja when he wakes up Book Two, Chapter 5?
(a) "Yobo” (191).
(b) "Wife" (191).
(c) "My love" (191).
(d) "Sunja" (191).

2. What does Yoseb tell Isak about political groups in Book One, Chapter 13?
(a) You are the future to our enlightenment.
(b) Join as many groups as you can.
(c) They are not very well organized.
(d) Do not get involved with them.

3. What does Isak say to Yangjin when he realizes he has tuberculosis in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) "I will stay here till I am better."
(b) "Get me a doctor."
(c) "It is probably not tuberculosis."
(d) "I should leave. I do not want to endanger you."

4. What does Yoseb do to rid Noa of lice Book Two, Chapter 5?
(a) Douse him in kerosene.
(b) Call a barber.
(c) Shave his hair.
(d) Wash his hair.

5. What does Kim Changho offer Sunja and Kyunghee when they come to his restaurant for the first time in Book Two, Chapter 2?
(a) A job in his restaurants pouring drinks for customers.
(b) A job in his restaurants cleaning tables.
(c) A job in his restaurants making kimchi.
(d) A free bag of money each week.

6. Why does Tanaka-san say he will give Kyunghee half the meat she requested in Book One, Chapter 15?
(a) Because, "a mother must eat well if she's to raise a strong worker for the Emperor" (128).
(b) Because, "I want you to bring by some of the Seolleongtang when you are done cooking" (128).
(c) Because, "I hope one day you will become my wife” (128).
(d) Because, "I only want to sleep with you" (128).

7. How does Hansu come into Sunja's life again in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) He asks her to marry him.
(b) He has been following her.
(c) He tells her she is the love of his life.
(d) He owns the restaurant where she had been employed.

8. How much does Yoseb owe the money collector in total as described in Book One, Chapter 16?
(a) 50 sen.
(b) 120 yen.
(c) 213 yen.
(d) 200 yen.

9. What does Yangjin say when Sunja tells her about Hansu saving her from the Japanese boys in Book One, Chapter 11?
(a) That she wishes she had met him.
(b) That Isak saved her life.
(c) That she understands why Sunja fell for him.
(d) That it was kind of him to help.

10. Why do Bokhee and Dokhee think Sunja is unhappy in Book One, Chapter 11?
(a) Because she misses her lover.
(b) Because she does not love Baek Isak.
(c) Because she misses her father.
(d) Because she is unhappy to leave home.

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

12. What does Hansu tell Sunja that she must do at the end of Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) Take the boys to a sweet potato farm outside of Osaka to escape the bombing.
(b) Convince Yoseb to go back to Korea.
(c) Go to university to support her family.
(d) Try to find a different job.

13. What are the Korean market women called as described in Book One, Chapter 4?
(a) The true bosses of Yeongdo.
(b) Mommas.
(c) Women.
(d) Ajummas.

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

15. 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) "I want to get married immediately" (51).
(c) "My father would have hated you" (51).
(d) "I will be your mistress" (51).

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sexton Hu mouth that gets him and the others arrested as described in Book Two, Chapter 2?

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

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

4. What does Hansu tell Yoseb about Yoseb’s parents in Book Two, Chapter 8?

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

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