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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 had Hansu spent his boyhood exploring as he tells Sunja in Book One, Chapter 5?
(a) The Taejongdae forest.
(b) Yeongo.
(c) The Jeju mountain and Halla-san volcano.
(d) Osaka.

2. What does Isak say about Sunja's expected baby in Book One, Chapter 7?
(a) "Sunja should be ashamed of the way she's behaved" (60).
(b) "A child is a gift from God" (60).
(c) "I can't wait to play with the child" (60).
(d) "I will take the child as my own" (60).

3. What does Yangjin think about Isak when she first sees him in Book One, Chapter 2?
(a) She thinks he looks sick.
(b) He could pass as a rich Japanese.
(c) He could pass as a wealthy Korean.
(d) She wants him to marry her daughter.

4. What does Noa tell Sunja when he returns from the biscuit factory in Book Two, Chapter 5?
(a) Uncle Yoseb is on his way.
(b) I hope it is ok that I skipped school.
(c) I took three biscuit if you want some.
(d) Uncle Yoseb cannot leave work.

5. What are the Korean market women called as described in Book One, Chapter 4?
(a) Mommas.
(b) The true bosses of Yeongdo.
(c) Women.
(d) Ajummas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the the arrival of Sunja’s baby interrupt for midwife Okja in Book One, Chapter 17?

3. Why can Yoseb not ask his boss, Shimamura-san, to help with Isak's imprisonment in Book Two, Chapter 1?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Yoseb think of the Japanese war in China in Book Two, Chapter 3? How does the way he thinks about it connect with the larger philosophy of Korean people?

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

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

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

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

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