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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Pastor Yoo doing at the Osaka church when Isak arrives in Book One, Chapter 14?
(a) Advising a brother and sister in a family dispute.
(b) Doing his morning yoga exercises.
(c) Stretching.
(d) Smoking a cigarette over his coffee.

5. 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) Her mother has shrunk.
(d) She wishes she stayed in Korea.

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

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

8. According to Book One, Chapter 4, Koh Hansu is a what?
(a) Pachinko parlor owner.
(b) Fish broker.
(c) Con man.
(d) Pimp.

9. Why does Tanaka-san say he will give Kyunghee half the meat she requested in Book One, Chapter 15?
(a) Because, "a mother must eat well if she's to raise a strong worker for the Emperor" (128).
(b) Because, "I want you to bring by some of the Seolleongtang when you are done cooking" (128).
(c) Because, "I only want to sleep with you" (128).
(d) Because, "I hope one day you will become my wife” (128).

10. Why does Kyunghee think she still may be able to have children in Book One, Chapter 15?
(a) Because her doctor told her she was still fertile.
(b) Because Sara in the Bible had children in her old age.
(c) Because she had a vision from God.
(d) Because a stork settled on their doorway and laid an egg.

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

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

13. How much does Pastor Yoo tell Isak he can pay him in Book One, Chapter 14?
(a) 50 yen a month.
(b) 23 yen a month.
(c) 15 sen a month.
(d) 15 yen a month, maybe less.

14. 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 Korean.
(b) Because Shimamura-san is also a Christian in hiding
(c) Because he will fire Yoseb if he knows Yoseb is connected to protest activity.
(d) Because Shimamura-san has never liked Isak.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mozasu visit to flirt with in Book Two, Chapter 11?

2. What does Kim Changho tell Kyunghee and Sunja about the restaurant in Book Two, Chapter 6?

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

4. Why does Tamaguchi-san want the war to continue in Book Two, Chapter 7?

5. What does Hansu tell Yoseb about Yoseb’s parents in Book Two, Chapter 8?

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