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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 only want to sleep with you" (128).
(c) Because, "I hope one day you will become my wife” (128).
(d) Because, "I want you to bring by some of the Seolleongtang when you are done cooking" (128).

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

9. 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 found life in Korea boring.
(c) He wanted to join the revolutionaries in Japan.
(d) The church in Osaka asks him to come.

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

11. 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) 35 yen a week.
(c) 10 yen a week.
(d) 2 yen a week.

12. What does Isak think Sunja will offset about him in their marriage in Book One, Chapter 13?
(a) His "impractical nature” (111).
(b) His "impatience" (111).
(c) His "fear of noodles” (111).
(d) His "inability to think of anyone except for himself" (111).

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

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

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

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. What vulgar thing does Yoseb say to shame Sunja when he finds out she has paid his debts in Book One, Chapter 17?

3. What does Sunja think when she sees Yangjin for the first time since Yeongdo in Book Two, Chapter 7?

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

5. How does Hansu come into Sunja's life again in Book Two, Chapter 6?

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