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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Goro-san take Mozasu to get new suits in Book Two, Chapter 12?
(a) The local thrift store.
(b) Goro's closet.
(c) Totoyama's seamstress shop.
(d) The downtown department store.

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

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

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

5. What does Sunja think when she first sees Hansu again in Book One, Chapter 6?
(a) Excited that they will get to have sex now.
(b) Disappointment that he has not brought her a bigger present.
(c) Proud that a man like him has chosen her.
(d) Angry at him for taking so long.

6. What does Sunja think about her children in Book Two, Chapter 4?
(a) That her boys are her delight.
(b) That it is difficult to support them financially.
(c) That she wishes she could provide more for them.
(d) That she is annoyed by them.

7. Why is Yoseb brought to Tamaguchi’s farm in Book Two, Chapter 8?
(a) Because he wants to explore new places.
(b) Because he is badly burned by a burning wall falling on him from bomb fallout.
(c) Because he is tired of working.
(d) Because he does not like Nagasaki.

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

9. How does Isak arrive in Yeongdu from Pyongyang in Book One, Chapter 2?
(a) He takes a train and then a ferry.
(b) He waits for a local farmer to give him a ride.
(c) He takes a train and then walks.
(d) He flies.

10. 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 were killed because they were landowners.
(d) They are waiting for him in the car.

11. 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 just another man who was doing a job he didn't like" (158).
(c) "That he just wanted to go to the bar and drink" (158).
(d) "That he was a terrible human being" (158).

12. Why can Yoseb not leave his work when Noa tells him Isak is home in Book Two, Chapter 4?
(a) He does not want to stop working.
(b) He wants to impress his boss with his work ethic.
(c) He may lose his job and the character reference from his boss.
(d) He wants to become the head boss.

13. 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) Hansu's role model.
(c) A drunk who had been hard on his son in spite of Hansu working to support them.
(d) A caring and loving father.

14. What does Mozasu do each Saturday after he starts working at the pachinko parlor in Book Two, Chapter 12?
(a) Give his mother his pay envelope.
(b) Go to a brothel.
(c) Go for a swim in the ocean.
(d) Go to a casino.

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 penis is falling off" (142).
(b) "My nuts are shriveling” (142).
(c) "My men are mocking me" (142).
(d) "I never liked you" (142).

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hansu tell Sunja that she must do at the end of Book Two, Chapter 6?

2. What does Kim Changho offer Sunja and Kyunghee when they come to his restaurant for the first time in Book Two, Chapter 2?

3. What do Isak and Sunja eat together in Sunja’s first restaurant in Book One, Chapter 9?

4. How does Hansu come into Sunja's life again in Book Two, Chapter 6?

5. How many times does Yangjin give birth before Sunja survives in Book One, Chapter One?

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