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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. Where does Goro-san offer to employ Mozasu in Book Two, Chapter 11?
(a) At his pachinko parlor.
(b) At Chiyaki's sock shop.
(c) At his restaurant.
(d) At the local casino.

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

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

4. Why do Bokhee and Dokhee think Sunja is unhappy in Book One, Chapter 11?
(a) Because she misses her lover.
(b) Because she misses her father.
(c) Because she is unhappy to leave home.
(d) Because she does not love Baek Isak.

5. What does Koh Hansu tell Sunja to be careful for in Book One, Chapter 4?
(a) Sharks.
(b) The colonial government looking for Korean women to take to China.
(c) Slippery rocks.
(d) The crowded marketplace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sexton Hu mouth that gets him and the others arrested as described in Book Two, Chapter 2?

2. Who is Mozasu's favorite wrestler in Book Two, Chapter 11?

3. What is Yoseb's work in Osaka as described in Book One, Chapter 12?

4. How was Isak when he was growing up as described in Book One, Chapter 7?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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