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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. Where do the Koreans in Osaka live as described in Book One, Chapter 12?
(a) In Ikaino, the ghetto.
(b) Amagasuki.
(c) Higashi Ward.
(d) Taisho Ward.

2. What does Goro's first clothing order for Mozasu allow Totoyama to do in Book Two, Chapter 12?
(a) Pay that month's rent.
(b) Take care of her family.
(c) Buy a new shop.
(d) Pay for daycare.

3. What does Sexton Hu mouth that gets him and the others arrested as described in Book Two, Chapter 2?
(a) The hymn, Oh When the Saints.
(b) The verse, Psalms 23.
(c) The hymn, Ode to Joy.
(d) The prayer, Our Father.

4. How did Isak's older brother, Samoel, die as described in Book One, Chapter 8?
(a) He was beaten by the colonial priests after a protest and died of injuries.
(b) He drowned on a boat to Osaka.
(c) He sacrificed himself for the church.
(d) He caught cholera.

5. According to Book One, Chapter 4, Koh Hansu is a what?
(a) Con man.
(b) Pachinko parlor owner.
(c) Pimp.
(d) Fish broker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hoonie learn at school in Book One, Chapter One?

2. What does Isak think Sunja will offset about him in their marriage in Book One, Chapter 13?

3. What does Sunja think about her children in Book Two, Chapter 4?

4. What is Pastor Yoo doing at the Osaka church when Isak arrives in Book One, Chapter 14?

5. How had Koh Hansu's father been as described in Book One, Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Yoseb and Hansu's plans for the Baek family in Book Two, Chapter 8? How are they different?

2. What is Kyunghee's dream she tells to Sunja in Book One, Chapter 15 and why can she not do it?

3. What things does Isak ask Sunja about marrying him in Book One, Chapter 9? Why does he ask these these?

4. What secrets does Noa keep to himself in Book Two, Chapter 4? Who does he keep these secrets from?

5. How do Hoonie's parents raise him in Book One, Chapter 1? Why do they not dote on him?

6. Why is Sunja so determined to pay off Yoseb’s debt in Book One, Chapter 16?

7. How is Mozasu becoming a "bad Korean"in Book Two, Chapter 10? What does he think about this?

8. What does the ajumma tell Sunja about a women's life and the man she will marry in Chapter Three?

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

10. How does Pastor Yoo resolve the siblings quarrel in Book One, Chapter 14 and why?

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