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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Koh Hansu tell Sunja to call him in Book One, Chapter 5?
(a) Zaddy.
(b) Oprah.
(c) Daddy.
(d) Oppa.

2. 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 making kimchi.
(c) A job in his restaurants cleaning tables.
(d) A job in his restaurants pouring drinks for customers.

3. What does Sexton Hu mouth that gets him and the others arrested as described in Book Two, Chapter 2?
(a) The prayer, Our Father.
(b) The verse, Psalms 23.
(c) The hymn, Ode to Joy.
(d) The hymn, Oh When the Saints.

4. What does Hansu give Sunja as a gift in Book One, Chapter 6?
(a) A jar of Kimchi.
(b) A gold pocket watch from England.
(c) A diamond wedding ring to propose.
(d) Plan B contraceptive.

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

6. Who is Mozasu's new friend in school in Book Two, Chapter 10?
(a) No one.
(b) Ayame-chan.
(c) Haruki Totoyama.
(d) Nobuo Bando.

7. Why are butchers on the lower rungs of Japanese society as described in Book One, Chapter 15?
(a) Because Japanese customers do not buy meat.
(b) Because there have been mass murderers who have been butchers.
(c) Because touching dead animals is a shameful occupation.
(d) Because they are all Korean.

8. What does Sunja sell for Yoseb's debt in Book One, Chapter 16?
(a) Her virginity.
(b) The gold plated watch Hansu gave to her.
(c) The two gold rings Yangjin gave to her.
(d) The pair of wooden ducks Dokhee and Bokhee gave to her.

9. 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) 2 yen a week.
(d) 10 yen a week.

10. What vulgar thing does Yoseb say to shame Sunja when he finds out she has paid his debts in Book One, Chapter 17?
(a) "My men are mocking me" (142).
(b) "I never liked you" (142).
(c) "My penis is falling off" (142).
(d) "My nuts are shriveling” (142).

11. Where does Goro-san offer to employ Mozasu in Book Two, Chapter 11?
(a) At the local casino.
(b) At his pachinko parlor.
(c) At Chiyaki's sock shop.
(d) At his restaurant.

12. How does Hansu come into Sunja's life again in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) He tells her she is the love of his life.
(b) He owns the restaurant where she had been employed.
(c) He asks her to marry him.
(d) He has been following her.

13. How had Koh Hansu's father been as described in Book One, Chapter 5?
(a) A gambler who had spent all the family's money.
(b) Hansu's role model.
(c) A caring and loving father.
(d) A drunk who had been hard on his son in spite of Hansu working to support them.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can Yoseb not leave his work when Noa tells him Isak is home in Book Two, Chapter 4?

2. Why does Sunja tell Isak that she can love his God in Book One, Chapter 9?

3. What does Noa tell Sunja when he returns from the biscuit factory in Book Two, Chapter 5?

4. What does Yangjin think happened to Dokhee and Bokhee in Book Two, Chapter 10?

5. What does the the arrival of Sunja’s baby interrupt for midwife Okja in Book One, Chapter 17?

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