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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Yangin go to get after Isak and Sunja’s marriage ceremony in Book One, Chapter 10?
(a) Kimchi.
(b) A new dress for Sunja.
(c) White rice for rice cakes.
(d) Toffee sweets.

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

4. 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) The church in Osaka asks him to come.
(c) He did not want to stay in Pyongyang any more.
(d) He found life in Korea boring.

5. What does Sexton Hu mouth that gets him and the others arrested as described in Book Two, Chapter 2?
(a) The hymn, Ode to Joy.
(b) The verse, Psalms 23.
(c) The hymn, Oh When the Saints.
(d) The prayer, Our Father.

6. How had Koh Hansu's father been as described in Book One, Chapter 5?
(a) A gambler who had spent all the family's money.
(b) A drunk who had been hard on his son in spite of Hansu working to support them.
(c) A caring and loving father.
(d) Hansu's role model.

7. Who packs Sunja's clothes carefully for traveling in Book One, Chapter 11?
(a) Yangjin.
(b) Hansu.
(c) Isak.
(d) Sunja.

8. Where had Hansu spent his boyhood exploring as he tells Sunja in Book One, Chapter 5?
(a) The Taejongdae forest.
(b) The Jeju mountain and Halla-san volcano.
(c) Yeongo.
(d) Osaka.

9. Why are the male lodger's clothes not washed often enough as described in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) They own very little and do not like to bother to wash clothes that will just get dirty.
(b) They like the smell of fish.
(c) They prefer them dirty.
(d) Their clothes do not get very dirty.

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

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

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

13. Where do Sunja and Isak go with Kyunghee and Yoseb after dinner their first night in Osaka in Book One, Chapter 13?
(a) A Japanese bathhouse.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A bar.
(d) Karaoke.

14. How many times does Yangjin give birth before Sunja survives in Book One, Chapter One?
(a) Four times.
(b) Once.
(c) Seven times.
(d) Three times.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isak think Sunja will offset about him in their marriage in Book One, Chapter 13?

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

3. What does Yoseb tell Isak not to do to avoid trouble in the ghetto in Book One, Chapter 12?

4. What is Pastor Yoo doing at the Osaka church when Isak arrives in Book One, Chapter 14?

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

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