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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Pastor Shin want Sunja to do in Book One, Chapter 10?
(a) Throw herself into the sea.
(b) Find someone else to marry.
(c) Not throw her burdens on Isak.
(d) Ask forgiveness from God.

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

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

5. What does Koh Hansu tell Sunja to be careful for in Book One, Chapter 4?
(a) The crowded marketplace.
(b) Slippery rocks.
(c) Sharks.
(d) The colonial government looking for Korean women to take to China.

6. What does Koh Hansu tell Sunja to call him in Book One, Chapter 5?
(a) Daddy.
(b) Zaddy.
(c) Oprah.
(d) Oppa.

7. What does Yoseb try to think about the Japanese police officer who he asks to release Isak in Book Two, Chapter 1?
(a) "That he was as bad as all the other Japanese" (158).
(b) "That he was a terrible human being" (158).
(c) "That he was just another man who was doing a job he didn't like" (158).
(d) "That he just wanted to go to the bar and drink" (158).

8. What does Hansu tell Yoseb about Yoseb’s parents in Book Two, Chapter 8?
(a) They were not his real parents.
(b) They are coming to Osaka.
(c) They are waiting for him in the car.
(d) They were killed because they were landowners.

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

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

11. How did Isak's older brother, Samoel, die as described in Book One, Chapter 8?
(a) He was beaten by the colonial priests after a protest and died of injuries.
(b) He caught cholera.
(c) He sacrificed himself for the church.
(d) He drowned on a boat to Osaka.

12. What is Pastor Yoo doing at the Osaka church when Isak arrives in Book One, Chapter 14?
(a) Doing his morning yoga exercises.
(b) Stretching.
(c) Smoking a cigarette over his coffee.
(d) Advising a brother and sister in a family dispute.

13. What does Yoseb tell Hansu he knows in Book Two, Chapter 8?
(a) That Hansu is Noa's father.
(b) That Hansu is a British spy.
(c) That Hansu is a gangster.
(d) That Hansu is Batman.

14. Why can Yoseb not ask his boss, Shimamura-san, to help with Isak's imprisonment in Book Two, Chapter 1?
(a) Because Shimamura-san is also a Christian in hiding
(b) Because Shimamura-san has never liked Isak.
(c) Because Shimamura-san is also Korean.
(d) Because he will fire Yoseb if he knows Yoseb is connected to protest activity.

15. Why does Tamaguchi-san want the war to continue in Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) So he can keep his sister-in-laws on the farm.
(b) So he can make a higher profit.
(c) So he can find new ways to ration food.
(d) So Japan can be defeated.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Sunja begin doing for work in Book Two, Chapter 2?

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

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