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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isak say about Sunja's expected baby in Book One, Chapter 7?
(a) "I can't wait to play with the child" (60).
(b) "I will take the child as my own" (60).
(c) "Sunja should be ashamed of the way she's behaved" (60).
(d) "A child is a gift from God" (60).

2. How had Sunja been proud of her father's kindness as described in Book One, Chapter 9?
(a) The way a poor child might be proud of her father's thrift and innovation.
(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 she is proud of the trees from springing out of the driest lands.

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

4. What does Sunja tell Hansu when she finds out he is married in Book One, Chapter 6?
(a) "I will never see you again" (51).
(b) "I will be your mistress" (51).
(c) "My father would have hated you" (51).
(d) "I want to get married immediately" (51).

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

6. How much does Yoseb owe the money collector in total as described in Book One, Chapter 16?
(a) 120 yen.
(b) 200 yen.
(c) 50 sen.
(d) 213 yen.

7. 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 devout child who only wanted to become a pastor.
(c) A privileged invalid who had servants to help him with what he could not do.
(d) A little boy running about the garden eating apples.

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

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

10. Why does Isak travel in spite of his mother and doctor not approving as described in Book One, Chapter 7?
(a) He did not want to stay in Pyongyang any more.
(b) He wanted to join the revolutionaries in Japan.
(c) He found life in Korea boring.
(d) The church in Osaka asks him to come.

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

12. What does Yoseb name Isak and Sunja’s new baby boy in Book One, Chapter 17?
(a) Noa.
(b) Isak.
(c) Jacob.
(d) Abraham.

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

14. What do Isak and Sunja eat together in Sunja’s first restaurant in Book One, Chapter 9?
(a) Kalguksu.
(b) Udon.
(c) Hot pot.
(d) Ramen.

15. What does the matchmaker take as signs of the prosperity of Hoonie's family in Book One, Chapter One?
(a) Food and livestock both in and outside the house.
(b) Local village gossips.
(c) Stacks of gold coins in the corner.
(d) Lots of family heirlooms in the house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Mozasu find school difficult in Book Two, Chapter 10?

3. What is Yoseb's work in Osaka as described in Book One, Chapter 12?

4. How does Isak arrive in Yeongdu from Pyongyang in Book One, Chapter 2?

5. Where do Kyunghee and Sunja meet the moneylender boss in Book One, Chapter 16?

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