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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 Kim Changho tell Kyunghee and Sunja about the restaurant in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) It will close until the war is over.
(b) It has exceeded all profit margins.
(c) It has been his happiest memories.
(d) He wants them to keep working there for the time being.

2. Why does Yoseb go to Nagasaki in Book Two, Chapter 7?
(a) To work at a steel factory.
(b) To hunt down Hansu and kill him.
(c) To take a long deserved vacation.
(d) To work as an Japanese teacher.

3. 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 sleep.
(c) Her local gambling game.
(d) Her dinner.

4. 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.

5. How much does Pastor Yoo tell Isak he can pay him in Book One, Chapter 14?
(a) 15 yen a month, maybe less.
(b) 50 yen a month.
(c) 23 yen a month.
(d) 15 sen a month.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mozasu do each Saturday after he starts working at the pachinko parlor in Book Two, Chapter 12?

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

3. What does Sunja sell for Yoseb's debt in Book One, Chapter 16?

4. What does Isak say to Yangjin when he realizes he has tuberculosis in Book One, Chapter 3?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is Goro-san's character like and why is he so successful at Pachinko as described in Book Two, Chapter 12?

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

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

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