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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. Who packs Sunja's clothes carefully for traveling in Book One, Chapter 11?
(a) Sunja.
(b) Yangjin.
(c) Isak.
(d) Hansu.

2. What does Yangjin think happened to Dokhee and Bokhee in Book Two, Chapter 10?
(a) They were taken to China to be prostitutes for Japanese soldiers.
(b) They were taken to China to be prostitutes for Japanese soldiers.
(c) They went to China to start new families.
(d) They found work in Osaka.

3. What does Yoseb tell Hansu he knows in Book Two, Chapter 8?
(a) That Hansu is Batman.
(b) That Hansu is a gangster.
(c) That Hansu is a British spy.
(d) That Hansu is Noa's father.

4. Why does Sunja tell Isak that she can love his God in Book One, Chapter 9?
(a) Because she is familiar with spirits and Gods and so thinks she can love his God as well.
(b) Because she spoke to the spirits and they said it was ok.
(c) Because she wants to deceive him.
(d) Because she will agree with anything that Isak says.

5. What vulgar thing does Yoseb say to shame Sunja when he finds out she has paid his debts in Book One, Chapter 17?
(a) "I never liked you" (142).
(b) "My penis is falling off" (142).
(c) "My nuts are shriveling” (142).
(d) "My men are mocking me" (142).

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Pastor Shin hesitant to marry Isak and Sunja in Book One, Chapter 10?

3. Where do Sunja and Isak go with Kyunghee and Yoseb after dinner their first night in Osaka in Book One, Chapter 13?

4. Where do Kyunghee and Sunja meet the moneylender boss in Book One, Chapter 16?

5. Where do the Koreans in Osaka live as described in Book One, Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What parting advice does Yangjin give Sunja before she gets on the train in Book One, Chapter 10?

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

3. How has the war helped Tamaguchi? What does he think about the war continuing in Book Two, Chapter 7?

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

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

6. In Book Two, Chapter 5, why does Isak tell Noa he must still go to school even though Isak is dying?

7. What is Goro-san's character like and why is he so successful at Pachinko as described in Book Two, Chapter 12?

8. How does Isak describe Yoseb to Sunja in Book One, Chapter 13?

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

10. 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?

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