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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hoonie learn at school in Book One, Chapter One?
(a) English Literature.
(b) To read and write some Korean and Japanese.
(c) To read and write some Korean and Japanese and to do some small mathematical sums.
(d) Calculus.

2. What does Yangin go to get after Isak and Sunja’s marriage ceremony in Book One, Chapter 10?
(a) A new dress for Sunja.
(b) Toffee sweets.
(c) Kimchi.
(d) White rice for rice cakes.

3. Why does Mozasu find school difficult in Book Two, Chapter 10?
(a) Kids tease him and he struggles with schoolwork.
(b) He wants to run outside and play instead.
(c) School is too easy for him.
(d) He does not know how to read.

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

5. What is Yoseb's work in Osaka as described in Book One, Chapter 12?
(a) As a manager of a department store.
(b) As a pastor.
(c) As a foreman in a biscuit factory.
(d) As a foreman in a cookie factory.

6. Who is Kim in love with in Book Two, Chapter 9?
(a) Yoseb.
(b) Hansu.
(c) Kyunghee.
(d) Sunja.

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

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

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

10. 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 badly burned by a burning wall falling on him from bomb fallout.
(d) Because he is tired of working.

11. What does Yoseb tell Isak not to do to avoid trouble in the ghetto in Book One, Chapter 12?
(a) Not to lend money to the neighbors.
(b) Not to make a lot of noise at night.
(c) Not the wave to the neighbors.
(d) Not to eat too much kimchi.

12. 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) It has exceeded all profit margins.
(c) He wants them to keep working there for the time being.
(d) It has been his happiest memories.

13. How many times does Yangjin give birth before Sunja survives in Book One, Chapter One?
(a) Three times.
(b) Once.
(c) Seven times.
(d) Four times.

14. In Book Two, Chapter 3, how much does Kim Changho say he will pay to each of the women?
(a) 10 yen a week.
(b) 20 yen a week.
(c) 35 yen a week.
(d) 2 yen a week.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Koh Hansu tell Sunja to be careful for in Book One, Chapter 4?

2. Who is Mozasu's favorite wrestler in Book Two, Chapter 11?

3. What does Isak call out to Sunja when he wakes up Book Two, Chapter 5?

4. Why do Bokhee and Dokhee think Sunja is unhappy in Book One, Chapter 11?

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

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