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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Akiko ask that upsets Noa in Book Two, Chapter 19?
(a) If he thinks their relationship will work out.
(b) If he really loves her.
(c) If he wants to be Japanese.
(d) If he is embarrassed to be Korean.

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

3. In Book Three, Chapter 14, what does Hana ask Solomon for after they start having sex?
(a) Beer.
(b) Love for the black hole in her heart.
(c) Lingerie.
(d) Money.

4. What had Noa not thought of before Akiko speaks out in class in Book Two, Chapter 15?
(a) To take a lover.
(b) To fall in love with a woman.
(c) To disagree with the professor.
(d) To find a new way to express himself.

5. What does Hana tell Solomon about his family in Book Three, Chapter 20?
(a) She wishes she was a part of his family.
(b) That his father, aunt, and grandmother all have come to pray and care for her.
(c) That they are better than her family.
(d) She wants them to come visit her.

6. Who interrupts Noa's monthly meeting with Hansu in Book Two, Chapter 18?
(a) Yoseb.
(b) Sunja.
(c) Akiko.
(d) Ayame.

7. Why does Hana tell Solomon in Book Three, Chapter 19 that she could not have stayed with him?
(a) Because the hurt she held towards her parents was so deep that she could not show love to anyone else.
(b) Because she wanted o explore the world.
(c) Because she could not see any other way to be happy.
(d) Because she felt certain she would hurt him.

8. What does Kazu say when Solomon accuses him of discrimination in Book Three, Chapter 19?
(a) "I don’t need to defend myself" (466).
(b) "Don't accuse me of being racist” (466).
(c) "Brother, I gave you a job, and you were fortunate to have it" (466).
(d) "I know you're upset, but please calm down" (466).

9. What is Noa's embarrassing wish in Book Two, Chapter 15?
(a) He wants to become an American.
(b) He wants to become a television writer.
(c) He wants to be rich.
(d) He wants to be a European from a long time ago.

10. In Book Three, Chapter 12, what TV show do Kyunghee, Sunja, and Yangjin watch together?
(a) Broad-en Your Horizons.
(b) Other Lands.
(c) Never Lands.
(d) A Japanese Broad A-Broad.

11. What does Yoseb tell Changho in Book Two, Chapter 14?
(a) He would kill Changho for liking Kyunghee is he were not so sick.
(b) If he waits until Yoseb dies, he can marry Kyunghee.
(c) He does not want to die.
(d) He wants Changho to honor kill him.

12. What does Hana ask Solomon if Christianity is like in Book Three, Chapter 13?
(a) A cult.
(b) A brainwashing machine power 3000.
(c) A metaphor for the mind’s connection to its subconscious.
(d) A satanic ritual.

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

14. Who is Noa's first friend in Nagano in Book Three, Chapter 1?
(a) Bingo.
(b) Checkers.
(c) Badminton.
(d) BTS.

15. In Book Two, Chapter 17, where does Yumi want to live?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) California.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Solomon say to Etsuko at the end of Book Two, Chapter 11?

2. In Book Two, Chapter 20, what does Yoseb say to tell Mozasu about Noa's leaving?

3. What does Sunja think when she looks at herself in the mirror in Book Three, Chapter 4?

4. What does Solomon do when he meets Hana in Book Three, Chapter 10?

5. At the end of Book Three, Chapter 12, what does Yangjin want to do before she dies that she is not able to do?

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