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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Take the boys to a sweet potato farm outside of Osaka to escape the bombing.
(d) Try to find a different job.

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

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

4. What does Kim Changho tell Kyunghee and Sunja about the restaurant in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) It has been his happiest memories.
(b) He wants them to keep working there for the time being.
(c) It has exceeded all profit margins.
(d) It will close until the war is over.

5. Who does Mozasu visit to flirt with in Book Two, Chapter 11?
(a) Haruki.
(b) Kyunghee.
(c) Chiyaki.
(d) Ayame-san.

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

7. What does Pastor Yoo tell the sister in the dispute in Book One, Chapter 14?
(a) That her virtue is more important than sending money to her family or her brother to school.
(b) That she should become a prostitute.
(c) That she should get as much money from the Japanese man as possible and give the excess to the church.
(d) That she should go to school herself.

8. What does Sunja think about her children in Book Two, Chapter 4?
(a) That she is annoyed by them.
(b) That it is difficult to support them financially.
(c) That her boys are her delight.
(d) That she wishes she could provide more for them.

9. 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 will agree with anything that Isak says.
(c) Because she wants to deceive him.
(d) Because she is familiar with spirits and Gods and so thinks she can love his God as well.

10. 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 "inability to think of anyone except for himself" (111).
(d) His "fear of noodles” (111).

11. What does Isak say to Yangjin when he realizes he has tuberculosis in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) "Get me a doctor."
(b) "I will stay here till I am better."
(c) "I should leave. I do not want to endanger you."
(d) "It is probably not tuberculosis."

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 enormous house and many goats.
(b) The way a poor child might be proud of her father's thrift and innovation.
(c) The way a child in a rich family would be proud of her father's bags of rice and gold rings.
(d) The way she is proud of the trees from springing out of the driest lands.

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

14. Why can Yoseb not leave his work when Noa tells him Isak is home in Book Two, Chapter 4?
(a) He wants to become the head boss.
(b) He wants to impress his boss with his work ethic.
(c) He does not want to stop working.
(d) He may lose his job and the character reference from his boss.

15. What does Yangjin think happened to Dokhee and Bokhee in Book Two, Chapter 10?
(a) They were taken to China to be prostitutes for Japanese soldiers.
(b) They went to China to start new families.
(c) They were taken to China to be prostitutes for Japanese soldiers.
(d) They found work in Osaka.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the Koreans in Osaka live as described in Book One, Chapter 12?

2. What does Hoonie learn at school in Book One, Chapter One?

3. How had Koh Hansu's father been as described in Book One, Chapter 5?

4. Why was Isak surprised he graduated seminary school as described in Book One, Chapter 8?

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

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