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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hansu give Sunja as a gift in Book One, Chapter 6?
(a) Plan B contraceptive.
(b) A gold pocket watch from England.
(c) A diamond wedding ring to propose.
(d) A jar of Kimchi.

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

3. Why does Isak feel spoken to by the Lord to marry Sunja in Book One, Chapter 8?
(a) Because he heard the Lord whispering in his ear.
(b) Because writing in blood appeared on Isak's wall telling him what to do.
(c) Because he began studying Hosea in the morning, and then Yangjin told him about Sunja.
(d) Because the Lord sent Isak a text message saying "yo, mrry the thot."

4. What does Sunja think when she sees Yangjin for the first time since Yeongdo in Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) Her mother has shrunk.
(b) She looks so old.
(c) She does not know how to express her happiness.
(d) She wishes she stayed in Korea.

5. What does Kim Changho tell Kyunghee and Sunja about the restaurant in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) It will close until the war is over.
(b) He wants them to keep working there for the time being.
(c) It has exceeded all profit margins.
(d) It has been his happiest memories.

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

7. What does Kim say about his politics to Kyunghee in Book Two, Chapter 9?
(a) He is a communist.
(b) He wants to become the leader of the freedom movement.
(c) He wants Korea to be controlled by a nation that will be able to help it.
(d) He does not want others to take over Korea.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. How was Isak when he was growing up as described in Book One, Chapter 7?
(a) The healthiest young boy in his family
(b) A little boy running about the garden eating apples.
(c) A privileged invalid who had servants to help him with what he could not do.
(d) A devout child who only wanted to become a pastor.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Kim in love with in Book Two, Chapter 9?

3. What does Sunja think when she first sees Hansu again in Book One, Chapter 6?

4. Why is Yoseb brought to Tamaguchi’s farm in Book Two, Chapter 8?

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

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