View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Sunja goes to Koh Hansu's Osaka house in Book Two, Chapter 20?
(a) She begs him to help with Noa.
(b) She moves into the kitchen as a dishwasher.
(c) She sleeps on the garden grounds until he arrives.
(d) She is told he is not there.

2. What does Etsuko say to Mozasu that Yumi would have thought about Solomon in Book Three, Chapter 11?
(a) Yumi would have been pleased about Solomon.
(b) Yumi would have thought he was too easygoing.
(c) Yumi would have wanted something different for her son.
(d) Yumi would have thought he was so accomplished.

3. In Book Three, Chapter 2, what does Sunja say hearing Yumi's backstory?
(a) "My child, you are starting a new family now" (345).
(b) "Wow, that's TERRIBLE” (345).
(c) "My child, I will take care of you now” (345).
(d) "My child, you have suffered too much" (345).

4. In Book Three, Chapter 14, what does Hana tell Solomon she wants to do for work?
(a) To be a theater actress.
(b) To find new ways to have sex not invented yet.
(c) To heal her childhood trauma by studying psychology at a university.
(d) To be on television.

5. What does Etsuko think, as she leaves Hana in her apartment in Book Three, Chapter 10, that she could do?
(a) She wishes she had had only boys.
(b) She wishes to forget the past.
(c) She wishes she could return to her children being young again and treat them a little kinder.
(d) She wishes she never had children.

6. What does Solomon do when he meets Hana in Book Three, Chapter 10?
(a) He tells her he wants to go on a date with her.
(b) He tells her that he knows she is pregnant.
(c) He invites her to his birthday party.
(d) He tells her how pretty he is.

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

8. What does Noa say to Sunja as parting words in Book Two, Chapter 19?
(a) "You hid this from me for too long" (316).
(b) "I need time to heal before we can talk again" (316).
(c) “You took my life away" (316).
(d) "I just want some alone space for now” (316).

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

10. What does Sunja find from the graveyard groundkeeper in Book Three, Chapter 21?
(a) That Isak occasionally took to walking his old bones through the graveyard at night.
(b) That Noa's favorite book was Like Water for Chocolate.
(c) That Noa wanted to be reunited with Sunja more than anything else.
(d) That Noa would visit Isak's grave.

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 it is a bad piece of property anyways.
(c) That Solomon should not have asked him to help with the deal.
(d) That the client bought the property from him.

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

13. What does Kazu tells Solomon about Japan in Book Three, Chapter 17?
(a) That the post-war boom is optimal to make their financial fortunes.
(b) That it is better in America.
(c) That "everyone is afraid of being different" (449).
(d) That everyone is "drowning in shame" (449).

14. What is Goro promoting Mozasu to in Book Two, Chapter 16?
(a) A manager.
(b) A foreman.
(c) A busboy.
(d) The owner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the parents of the suicide case in Book Two, Chapter 7 show Haruki?

2. Why does Phoebe say to Sunja and Kyunghee in Book Three, Chapter 18 that she grew up eating fast food?

3. What does Hana tell Solomon to do in Book Three, Chapter 20?

4. What does Sunja say when she asks Hansu for help in Book One, Chapter 13?

5. What does Kazu say when Solomon accuses him of discrimination in Book Three, Chapter 19?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 887 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample