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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yangin go to get after Isak and Sunja’s marriage ceremony in Book One, Chapter 10?
(a) Kimchi.
(b) White rice for rice cakes.
(c) Toffee sweets.
(d) A new dress for Sunja.

2. Where had Hansu spent his boyhood exploring as he tells Sunja in Book One, Chapter 5?
(a) The Taejongdae forest.
(b) Yeongo.
(c) The Jeju mountain and Halla-san volcano.
(d) Osaka.

3. What does Yoseb do to rid Noa of lice Book Two, Chapter 5?
(a) Wash his hair.
(b) Shave his hair.
(c) Douse him in kerosene.
(d) Call a barber.

4. What does Koh Hansu tell Sunja to be careful for in Book One, Chapter 4?
(a) Slippery rocks.
(b) The colonial government looking for Korean women to take to China.
(c) Sharks.
(d) The crowded marketplace.

5. What does Noa tell Sunja when he returns from the biscuit factory in Book Two, Chapter 5?
(a) I hope it is ok that I skipped school.
(b) Uncle Yoseb is on his way.
(c) I took three biscuit if you want some.
(d) Uncle Yoseb cannot leave work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can Yoseb not leave his work when Noa tells him Isak is home in Book Two, Chapter 4?

2. How does Yoseb know the restaurant that Sunja and Kyunghee are talking about in Book Two, Chapter 3?

3. What name do we learn Noa goes by at school in Book Two, Chapter 4?

4. What vulgar thing does Yoseb say to shame Sunja when he finds out she has paid his debts in Book One, Chapter 17?

5. Who does Mozasu visit to flirt with in Book Two, Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the novel describe Ikaino in Book One, Chapter 12?

2. How does Sunja understand forgiveness differently than Pastor Shin means it in Book One, Chapter 10?

3. What figurative language does Sunja use to think about the stories Koh Hansu tells her in Book One, Chapter 5? Why does she try to store everything he tells her?

4. Why does Hansu tell Sunja she must leave Osaka in Book Two, Chapter 6? What does he tell her she must do?

5. What worries does Yangjin confide to Isak as they walk in Book One, Chapter 7?

6. From Book One, Chapter 8, what happens in the Book of Hosea in the Bible and why?

7. What does Isak think about when he realizes he is sick with tuberculosis at the end of Book One, Chapter 3?

8. What does Sunja think about herself and her family when she realizes Hansu will not marry her in Book One, Chapter 6?

9. What is the propaganda in the newspapers Yoseb reads in Book Two, Chapter 1?

10. What does Hansu tell Kim Changho about the Korean nationalist groups in Book Two, Chapter Nine?

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