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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Book Three, Chapter 4, what illness does Hansu tell Sunja he has?
(a) Self-hatred.
(b) Breast Cancer.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Prostrate cancer.

2. What does Sunja think when she looks at herself in the mirror in Book Three, Chapter 4?
(a) Her fingernails are dirty.
(b) She wants to marry Hansu.
(c) She is still as beautiful as when she was young.
(d) She wants Hansu to want her a little bit.

3. What do the parents of the suicide case in Book Two, Chapter 7 show Haruki?
(a) Pictures of their son.
(b) The boy's yearbook with insults inside.
(c) Drawings their son had made as a toddler.
(d) The boy's schoolbooks with good marks.

4. In Book Three, Chapter 21, what does the groundskeeper say was his favorite book of the ones Noa gave to him to read?
(a) David Copperfield by Charles Dickens.
(b) The Idiot by Dostoevsky.
(c) Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.
(d) Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger.

5. What does Takano-san employ Noa as in Book Three, Chapter 1?
(a) A pachinko goon.
(b) A bookkeeper.
(c) An English Literature teacher.
(d) A librarian.

6. What does Kazu tell Solomon as a life lesson in Book Three, Chapter 17?
(a) Not to get too cocky.
(b) To be humble and respect his elders.
(c) To rise above discrimination.
(d) That there is "shit tax" that everyone pays and that Solomon should use every advantage he has (448).

7. What does Solomon think as the men tease him at the end of Book Three, Chapter 16?
(a) That he does not want to come to poker any more.
(b) That what they are saying is what a middle class Japanese would say.
(c) That he does not actually like them.
(d) That they are racist.

8. What does Ayame want to get Daisuke after her bath in Book Three, Chapter 6?
(a) Tteobokki crackers.
(b) Yakitori.
(c) Songpyeon.
(d) Fire noodles.

9. What does Hana tell Solomon to do in Book Three, Chapter 20?
(a) To take over his father's pachinko business.
(b) To find new ways to exercise his anger.
(c) To take over his father's chess business.
(d) To find a ways to return to America.

10. Who does Mozasu meet while he waits for Yumi in Book Two, Chapter 17?
(a) Yumi.
(b) Haruki.
(c) Ha-chan.
(d) Hayame.

11. In Book Three, chapter 20, what does Goro-san tell Solomon about the old Korean woman’s property?
(a) That the client rejected the property after the woman's death.
(b) That the client bought the property from him.
(c) That it is a bad piece of property anyways.
(d) That Solomon should not have asked him to help with the deal.

12. Why does Kyunghee tell Sunja she turned Kim down in Book Two, Chapter 14?
(a) She does not want to disappoint two men.
(b) She can not imagine being married to him.
(c) She always thought his haircut looked weird.
(d) She can not imagine being married to a communist.

13. What does Solomon ask his father to explain when he tells his father that he wants to take over the family business in Book Three, Chapter 21?
(a) A badger.
(b) How to set a pachinko machine.
(c) A ledger.
(d) How to get Phoebe back.

14. What does one of the men at the poker game tease Solomon about at the end of Book Three, Chapter 16?
(a) Him being a spoiled brat.
(b) His father being in pachinko.
(c) Him being unable to ever win at poker.
(d) His father being yakuza.

15. What does Hana ask Solomon about when she calls him in Book Three, Chapter 15?
(a) What he thought about the latest episode of "Obake no Q-tarō".
(b) Her mother.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) How he has been.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hana ask Solomon if Christianity is like in Book Three, Chapter 13?

2. What does Noa think about Akiko asking questions about him in Book Two, Chapter 18?

3. In Book Three, Chapter 2, what does Sunja say hearing Yumi's backstory?

4. Why do the poker players tell Solomon he can pick up the restaurant tab as described in Book Three, Chapter 16 even though it is not customary for newcomers?

5. Where does Solomon go when Kazu fires him in Book Three, Chapter 19?

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