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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hana say she has been doing for work in Book Three, Chapter 15?
(a) Making artwork.
(b) Working as a hostess.
(c) Telling fortunes.
(d) Working as a prostitute.

2. From Book Three, Chapter 16, what question from Japanese people causes Phoebe to overreact?
(a) If she is Kankokujin or Chosenjin.
(b) If she has ever been to Korea.
(c) If she likes green tea pocky or strawberry pocky.
(d) If she thinks America or Japan is better.

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

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

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

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

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

8. At the end of Book Three, Chapter 12, what does Yangjin want to do before she dies that she is not able to do?
(a) Run outside one last time.
(b) Redo her life.
(c) Apologize to Sunja.
(d) Find internal peace.

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

10. In Book Three, Chapter 17, what does Kazu do for Solomon?
(a) Take him under his wing as a mentee.
(b) Tell him how to fast-track his career.
(c) Put him on a real estate deal as the youngest on the team.
(d) Give him a financial loan.

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

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

13. What does Hansu tell Sunja in Book Three, Chapter 3 to get her to listen to him?
(a) "I'm so sorry for everything" (354).
(b) "I've only ever loved you" (354).
(c) "I'm dying” (354).
(d) "I want to marry you" (354).

14. What does Mozasu do to get Yumi's attention in Book Two, Chapter 16?
(a) Speak French.
(b) Rip his shirt off.
(c) Run through the shop beating his chest.
(d) Speak English.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Solomon do with his winning poker hand in Book Three, Chapter 16?

2. In Book Three, Chapter 4, what illness does Hansu tell Sunja he has?

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

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

5. What is the name of the new girl at Totoyama's sewing shop in Book Two, Chapter 16?

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