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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 job does Kim do for Hansu when the family returns to Osaka in Book Two, Chapter 9?
(a) Fee collector from storeowners.
(b) Beating up people who will not pay fees.
(c) Store clerk at a grocery store.
(d) Head of Hansu's empire.

2. What does Yoseb try to think about the Japanese police officer who he asks to release Isak in Book Two, Chapter 1?
(a) "That he was just another man who was doing a job he didn't like" (158).
(b) "That he was a terrible human being" (158).
(c) "That he just wanted to go to the bar and drink" (158).
(d) "That he was as bad as all the other Japanese" (158).

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

4. Why can Yoseb not leave his work when Noa tells him Isak is home in Book Two, Chapter 4?
(a) He wants to become the head boss.
(b) He wants to impress his boss with his work ethic.
(c) He may lose his job and the character reference from his boss.
(d) He does not want to stop working.

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 Kyunghee do at the restaurant to avoid upsetting Yoseb in Book Two, Chapter 3?

2. What does Coalman Jan say is Isak's religion in Book One, Chapter 3?

3. Why does Sunja tell Isak that she can love his God in Book One, Chapter 9?

4. How had Sunja been proud of her father's kindness as described in Book One, Chapter 9?

5. Why was Isak surprised he graduated seminary school as described in Book One, Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Sunja deal with Mozasu's fighting in Book Two, Chapter 11?

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

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

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

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

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

8. In Book One, Chapter 17, why is Yoseb so upset at Sunja for selling the watch?

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

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

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