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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. Why was Isak surprised he graduated seminary school as described in Book One, Chapter 8?
(a) He did not like the schooling.
(b) He did not believe in God.
(c) He did not think he was a good student.
(d) He did not think he would live long.

2. Why does Tamaguchi-san want the war to continue in Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) So he can make a higher profit.
(b) So Japan can be defeated.
(c) So he can keep his sister-in-laws on the farm.
(d) So he can find new ways to ration food.

3. How does Hansu come into Sunja's life again in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) He owns the restaurant where she had been employed.
(b) He tells her she is the love of his life.
(c) He has been following her.
(d) He asks her to marry him.

4. Why is Pastor Shin hesitant to marry Isak and Sunja in Book One, Chapter 10?
(a) He wants to make sure she will not hurt Isak.
(b) He has never liked Sunja.
(c) He thinks she is immoral for getting pregnant.
(d) He is tired of seeing young couples getting married.

5. What does the matchmaker take as signs of the prosperity of Hoonie's family in Book One, Chapter One?
(a) Food and livestock both in and outside the house.
(b) Lots of family heirlooms in the house.
(c) Stacks of gold coins in the corner.
(d) Local village gossips.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Goro-san take Mozasu to get new suits in Book Two, Chapter 12?

2. What does Kim say about his politics to Kyunghee in Book Two, Chapter 9?

3. Why does Tanaka-san say he will give Kyunghee half the meat she requested in Book One, Chapter 15?

4. What does Sunja think when she sees Yangjin for the first time since Yeongdo in Book Two, Chapter 7?

5. Why does Kyunghee think she still may be able to have children in Book One, Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Yoseb think of the Japanese war in China in Book Two, Chapter 3? How does the way he thinks about it connect with the larger philosophy of Korean people?

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

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

4. Where and why are Pastor Yoo, Sexton Hu, and Isak arrested as described in Book Two, Chapter 2?

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

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

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

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

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

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