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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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?
(a) Because he makes more than all of them combined
(b) Because he knows the restaurant owner.
(c) Because he wants to show off his father’s wealth.
(d) Because he beats them all at poker regularly and takes their money.

3. In Book Two, Chapter 17, where is the missionary teacher, John Maryman, from?
(a) He is from America.
(b) He was born in Korea and raised in America by adopted parents.
(c) He was born in Korea, and raised in Japan by adopted parents.
(d) He is from Brazil.

4. What does Solomon say to Etsuko at the end of Book Two, Chapter 11?
(a) "You can never fully atone for the past" (415).
(b) "You should be ashamed of yourself as your kids say" (415).
(c) "You are my favorite person" (415).
(d) "You are a mother to me" (415).

5. What does Mozasu want for Solomon as the novel says in Book Three, Chapter 11?
(a) "To be the top dog in finance" (409).
(b) "To be an international man of the world" (409).
(c) "To reunite Korea and become their democratic leader" (409).
(d) "To have a quiet life, free from prejudice" (409).

6. 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 ledger.
(b) A badger.
(c) How to get Phoebe back.
(d) How to set a pachinko machine.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

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

11. What does Noa say to Sunja before she leaves in Book Three, Chapter 8?
(a) He plans to kill himself.
(b) He will come by next week.
(c) He wants her to meet his children.
(d) He traveled to America.

12. What does Sunja say when she asks Hansu for help in Book One, Chapter 13?
(a) She wants him to act responsibly.
(b) She wants to get back at Yoseb for his cruelty.
(c) She wants it to be a loan.
(d) She wants him to pay the child support he never took care of.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book Two, Chapter 7, what does the father of the boy tell Haruki when Haruki says he can not prosecute the other children?

2. Who does Mozasu meet while he waits for Yumi in Book Two, Chapter 17?

3. What does Yoseb tell Sunja to do to pay for Noa's university tuition in Book One, Chapter 13?

4. Who does the tour guide say cursed the Matsumoto-jo castle from Book Three, Chapter 5?

5. What does Noa say to Sunja as parting words in Book Two, Chapter 19?

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