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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Etsuko's husband divorce her as described in Book Three, Chapter 9?
(a) He finds a letter she writes to her lover.
(b) He finds poems from her lover.
(c) She reports to the police that he beats her.
(d) She tells him how lonely he makes her feel.

2. Why does Phoebe say to Sunja and Kyunghee in Book Three, Chapter 18 that she grew up eating fast food?
(a) Her mother and father were both working, and her mother did not like to cook.
(b) Americans prefer the taste of fast food to any other kind of food.
(c) Unprocessed food is too expensive in developed America.
(d) Phoebe and her brothers would cry as kids if they got other kinds of food.

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

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

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

6. Why do Mozasu, Totoyama, and Goro-san think Solomon is visiting in Book Three, Chapter 20?
(a) Because he is skipping work.
(b) Because he missed them so much.
(c) Because he is tired.
(d) Because he has quit his job.

7. In Book Three, Chapter 6, why does Ayame say she was late coming home to take care of Daisuke?
(a) Because she saw Haruki having sex with another man in the park.
(b) Because she had sex with another woman in the park.
(c) Because she took an additional bath.
(d) Because she went to get yakitori for Daisuke.

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

9. 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) Find internal peace.
(c) Apologize to Sunja.
(d) Redo her life.

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

11. What is Noa's new name in Book Three, Chapter 5 for his life in Nagano?
(a) Nobuo Ban.
(b) Nobuo Bando.
(c) Know Yer Bands.
(d) Noa Ban

12. What does Sunja cook for dinner with Hansu in Book Three, Chapter 4?
(a) Fried chicken.
(b) Bulgogi.
(c) Bimbimbop.
(d) Chicken jorim and fish jeon.

13. What does Hana ask Solomon if he wants to do in Book Three, Chapter 13?
(a) Be her boyfriend.
(b) Explore the woods.
(c) Have sex with her.
(d) Move to America.

14. What does Mozasu tell Haruki about his schoolbook in Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) That kids also wrote terrible things in there.
(b) That he never did the homework.
(c) That school was the best experience of his life.
(d) That he wanted to commit suicide when he was a kid.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hansu tell Sunja in Book Three, Chapter 3 to get her to listen to him?

2. Who interrupts Noa's monthly meeting with Hansu in Book Two, Chapter 18?

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

4. What do Etsuko, Solomon, and Mozasu go to get in Book Two, Chapter 9?

5. What does Mozasu want for Solomon as the novel says in Book Three, Chapter 11?

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