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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. Why was Isak surprised he graduated seminary school as described in Book One, Chapter 8?
(a) He did not think he was a good student.
(b) He did not believe in God.
(c) He did not think he would live long.
(d) He did not like the schooling.

4. How had Sunja been proud of her father's kindness as described in Book One, Chapter 9?
(a) The way she is proud of the trees from springing out of the driest lands.
(b) The way a child in a rich family would be proud of her father's bags of rice and gold rings.
(c) The way a child in a rich family would be proud of her father's enormous house and many goats.
(d) The way a poor child might be proud of her father's thrift and innovation.

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

6. What name do we learn Noa goes by at school in Book Two, Chapter 4?
(a) His Japanese name, Nobuo Boku.
(b) His father's name, Isak Baek.
(c) His uncle's name, Yoseb Baek.
(d) His Korean name, Noa Baek.

7. 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 he will fire Yoseb if he knows Yoseb is connected to protest activity.
(d) Because Shimamura-san is also Korean.

8. Why is Pastor Shin hesitant to marry Isak and Sunja in Book One, Chapter 10?
(a) He is tired of seeing young couples getting married.
(b) He has never liked Sunja.
(c) He thinks she is immoral for getting pregnant.
(d) He wants to make sure she will not hurt Isak.

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

10. Where does Goro-san offer to employ Mozasu in Book Two, Chapter 11?
(a) At his pachinko parlor.
(b) At his restaurant.
(c) At the local casino.
(d) At Chiyaki's sock shop.

11. What does Noa tell Sunja when he returns from the biscuit factory in Book Two, Chapter 5?
(a) I hope it is ok that I skipped school.
(b) Uncle Yoseb cannot leave work.
(c) Uncle Yoseb is on his way.
(d) I took three biscuit if you want some.

12. 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) "I should leave. I do not want to endanger you."
(c) "Get me a doctor."
(d) "It is probably not tuberculosis."

13. What job does Kim do for Hansu when the family returns to Osaka in Book Two, Chapter 9?
(a) Fee collector from storeowners.
(b) Head of Hansu's empire.
(c) Beating up people who will not pay fees.
(d) Store clerk at a grocery store.

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

15. 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 prayer, Our Father.
(c) The hymn, Oh When the Saints.
(d) The verse, Psalms 23.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the male lodger's clothes not washed often enough as described in Book One, Chapter 3?

2. What does Yoseb try to think about the Japanese police officer who he asks to release Isak in Book Two, Chapter 1?

3. What does Yangjin think about Isak when she first sees him in Book One, Chapter 2?

4. What does Yoseb learn when he goes to the church looking for everyone in Book Two, Chapter 1?

5. How did Isak's older brother, Samoel, die as described in Book One, Chapter 8?

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