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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 do the Koreans in Osaka live as described in Book One, Chapter 12?
(a) Taisho Ward.
(b) Higashi Ward.
(c) In Ikaino, the ghetto.
(d) Amagasuki.

2. Who packs Sunja's clothes carefully for traveling in Book One, Chapter 11?
(a) Sunja.
(b) Hansu.
(c) Yangjin.
(d) Isak.

3. What does Pastor Yoo tell the sister in the dispute in Book One, Chapter 14?
(a) That she should become a prostitute.
(b) That she should go to school herself.
(c) That she should get as much money from the Japanese man as possible and give the excess to the church.
(d) That her virtue is more important than sending money to her family or her brother to school.

4. What does Mozasu do each Saturday after he starts working at the pachinko parlor in Book Two, Chapter 12?
(a) Go to a casino.
(b) Go for a swim in the ocean.
(c) Go to a brothel.
(d) Give his mother his pay envelope.

5. What does Sunja tell Hansu when she finds out he is married in Book One, Chapter 6?
(a) "My father would have hated you" (51).
(b) "I will be your mistress" (51).
(c) "I want to get married immediately" (51).
(d) "I will never see you again" (51).

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hansu tell Sunja that she must do at the end of Book Two, Chapter 6?

2. What does Goro's first clothing order for Mozasu allow Totoyama to do in Book Two, Chapter 12?

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

4. Why does Isak feel spoken to by the Lord to marry Sunja in Book One, Chapter 8?

5. What does Yangin go to get after Isak and Sunja’s marriage ceremony in Book One, Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Hansu tell Sunja she must leave Osaka in Book Two, Chapter 6? What does he tell her she must do?

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

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

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

9. What figurative language does Sunja use to think about the stories Koh Hansu tells her in Book One, Chapter 5? Why does she try to store everything he tells her?

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

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