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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. How had Sunja been proud of her father's kindness as described in Book One, Chapter 9?
(a) The way a child in a rich family would be proud of her father's enormous house and many goats.
(b) The way a poor child might be proud of her father's thrift and innovation.
(c) The way a child in a rich family would be proud of her father's bags of rice and gold rings.
(d) The way she is proud of the trees from springing out of the driest lands.

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

3. What does Kyunghee do at the restaurant to avoid upsetting Yoseb in Book Two, Chapter 3?
(a) Go sit inside but not talk.
(b) Not go to the restaurant at all.
(c) Stay outside.
(d) Turn down the kimchi job offer.

4. What does Yangjin say when Sunja tells her about Hansu saving her from the Japanese boys in Book One, Chapter 11?
(a) That she wishes she had met him.
(b) That she understands why Sunja fell for him.
(c) That Isak saved her life.
(d) That it was kind of him to help.

5. What does Yoseb name Isak and Sunja’s new baby boy in Book One, Chapter 17?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Noa.
(d) Isak.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How much does Pastor Yoo tell Isak he can pay him in Book One, Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

5. Why do the Chung brothers say that Japan will never conquer China in Book One, Chapter 2? Why do they support China?

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

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

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

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

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

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