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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 prefer them dirty.
(c) They like the smell of fish.
(d) They own very little and do not like to bother to wash clothes that will just get dirty.

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

3. Why does Sunja tell Isak that she can love his God in Book One, Chapter 9?
(a) Because she spoke to the spirits and they said it was ok.
(b) Because she wants to deceive him.
(c) Because she is familiar with spirits and Gods and so thinks she can love his God as well.
(d) Because she will agree with anything that Isak says.

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

5. How does Yoseb know the restaurant that Sunja and Kyunghee are talking about in Book Two, Chapter 3?
(a) He knows it as a gangster den.
(b) He went there to originally ask for the loan that Sunja payed back for him.
(c) He knows it as the place his friend owns.
(d) He goes there every night after work to eat and drink.

6. What does Isak call out to Sunja when he wakes up Book Two, Chapter 5?
(a) "Wife" (191).
(b) "My love" (191).
(c) "Sunja" (191).
(d) "Yobo” (191).

7. What does Kim Changho offer Sunja and Kyunghee when they come to his restaurant for the first time in Book Two, Chapter 2?
(a) A free bag of money each week.
(b) A job in his restaurants pouring drinks for customers.
(c) A job in his restaurants making kimchi.
(d) A job in his restaurants cleaning tables.

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

9. Who is Mozasu's favorite wrestler in Book Two, Chapter 11?
(a) Rippadoodledoo.
(b) Rip Van Wrinkle.
(c) Riki Tiki Tabby.
(d) Rikidozan.

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

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

12. What does Coalman Jan say is Isak's religion in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) Presbyterian.
(b) Islamic.
(c) Protestant.
(d) Catholic.

13. Why does Yoseb go to Nagasaki in Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) To hunt down Hansu and kill him.
(b) To work as an Japanese teacher.
(c) To work at a steel factory.
(d) To take a long deserved vacation.

14. Where do Sunja and Isak go with Kyunghee and Yoseb after dinner their first night in Osaka in Book One, Chapter 13?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) A Japanese bathhouse.
(c) A bar.
(d) Karaoke.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sunja think about her children in Book Two, Chapter 4?

2. Why are butchers on the lower rungs of Japanese society as described in Book One, Chapter 15?

3. How was Isak when he was growing up as described in Book One, Chapter 7?

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

5. What does Koh Hansu tell Sunja to call him in Book One, Chapter 5?

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