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

2. What does the the arrival of Sunja’s baby interrupt for midwife Okja in Book One, Chapter 17?
(a) Her husband's drunken rant.
(b) Her dinner.
(c) Her sleep.
(d) Her local gambling game.

3. What does Isak say to Yangjin when he realizes he has tuberculosis in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) "I should leave. I do not want to endanger you."
(b) "I will stay here till I am better."
(c) "Get me a doctor."
(d) "It is probably not tuberculosis."

4. What is Yoseb's work in Osaka as described in Book One, Chapter 12?
(a) As a foreman in a cookie factory.
(b) As a manager of a department store.
(c) As a pastor.
(d) As a foreman in a biscuit factory.

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) "My nuts are shriveling” (142).
(b) "I never liked you" (142).
(c) "My penis is falling off" (142).
(d) "My men are mocking me" (142).

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yoseb tell Isak about political groups in Book One, Chapter 13?

2. What does Hansu give Sunja as a gift in Book One, Chapter 6?

3. What do Isak and Sunja eat together in Sunja’s first restaurant in Book One, Chapter 9?

4. What does Sunja think when she first sees Hansu again in Book One, Chapter 6?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the propaganda in the newspapers Yoseb reads in Book Two, Chapter 1?

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