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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 languages does the Baek family speak at family gatherings with Phoebe as described in Book Three Chapter 18?
(a) Japanese, Korean, and Spanglish.
(b) Japanese, Korean, and american Sign Language.
(c) English, Japanese, and Korean.
(d) English, Taiwanese, and Korean.

2. Why does Solomon not ask Phoebe to stay in Book Three, Chapter 21?
(a) He never actually liked her.
(b) He knows his family does not approve of her.
(c) He was only with her because he was afraid to be alone.
(d) Since they have come to Japan, he has realized the distance between them is too great.

3. In Book Three, Chapter 21, what does the groundskeeper say was his favorite book of the ones Noa gave to him to read?
(a) David Copperfield by Charles Dickens.
(b) Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.
(c) The Idiot by Dostoevsky.
(d) Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger.

4. Where does Ayame want to move after Totoyama-san's death in Book Three, Chapter 6?
(a) Hokkaido.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Yokohama.
(d) Pyongyang.

5. From Book Three, Chapter 5, why does Iwamura-san not like Noa?
(a) He reminds her of her husband and his sadness.
(b) She thinks he is a crook.
(c) She knows he is Korean.
(d) She does not think he makes enough money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news do the policemen bring Mozasu in Book Three, Chapter 3?

2. What does Solomon ask his father to explain when he tells his father that he wants to take over the family business in Book Three, Chapter 21?

3. What does Hana tell Solomon to do in Book Three, Chapter 20?

4. What does Hana say she has been doing for work in Book Three, Chapter 15?

5. Why does Kyunghee tell Sunja she turned Kim down in Book Two, Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hana tell Solomon in their final meeting in Book Three, Chapter 20?

2. Why does Noa go to Nagano in Book Three, Chapter 1 after he finds Hansu is his father?

3. Why does Mozasu not want Solomon to take over the family business in Book Three, Chapter 21?

4. What happens that shames Risa Imawura's family as described in Book Three, Chapter 5?

5. How does Mozasu remember experiencing Yumi's funeral in Book Three, Chapter 3?

6. Why does Mozasu tell Yumi they can not move to America in Book Three, Chapter Two?

7. Why is Mozasu promoted to foreman of Paradaisu Seven in Book Two, Chapter 16?

8. What causes Etsuko's divorce as described in Book Three, Chapter 9? How has this affected her relationship with her children?

9. What does Noa realize about Akiko's attitude towards him after she interrupts his meeting with Hansu in Book Two, Chapter 19?

10. Why does Hansu care so much about Noa's education from the background in Book Two, Chapter 18?

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