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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. Who is the woman who calls out to Noa on campus in Book Two, Chapter 15?
(a) Akiko Fumeki.
(b) Sunja Baek.
(c) Kyunghee Baek.
(d) Kuroda-san.

2. In Book Three, Chapter 12, what TV show do Kyunghee, Sunja, and Yangjin watch together?
(a) A Japanese Broad A-Broad.
(b) Other Lands.
(c) Broad-en Your Horizons.
(d) Never Lands.

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

4. What news do the policemen bring Mozasu in Book Three, Chapter 3?
(a) That his son and wife were hit by a taxi, and Yumi died on the ambulance to the hospital.
(b) That he is going to be arrested for being a Christian.
(c) That his wife and son were hit by a taxi, but they are both only lightly injured.
(d) That his shop is going to be closed because of embezzlement.

5. What does Sunja find from the graveyard groundkeeper in Book Three, Chapter 21?
(a) That Noa wanted to be reunited with Sunja more than anything else.
(b) That Noa would visit Isak's grave.
(c) That Noa's favorite book was Like Water for Chocolate.
(d) That Isak occasionally took to walking his old bones through the graveyard at night.

Short Answer Questions

1. From Book Three, Chapter 16, what question from Japanese people causes Phoebe to overreact?

2. What does Etsuko think, as she leaves Hana in her apartment in Book Three, Chapter 10, that she could do?

3. What does Noa think about Akiko asking questions about him in Book Two, Chapter 18?

4. What languages does the Baek family speak at family gatherings with Phoebe as described in Book Three Chapter 18?

5. At the end of Book Three, Chapter 12, what does Yangjin want to do before she dies that she is not able to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Book Three, Chapter Twenty, what does Goro-san say happened with the Korean woman's property that Solomon asked him to purchase? What does Solomon realize when he hears this?

2. What does Kyunghee say to Kim Changho's marriage proposal in Book Two, Chapter 13, and how does Kim respond?

3. What does Etsuko think about her role as a mother in Book Three, Chapter 10?

4. What does Solomon want to do for his and Hana's relationship in Book Three, Chapter 14?

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

6. What does Yangjin say in her pent-up final thoughts to Sunja in Book Three, Chapter 12?

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

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

9. How does Sunja feel seeing Hansu in the kitchen with her in Book Three, Chapter 4?

10. How does Sunja meet Noa in Book Three, Chapter 8? What does she do when she sees him?

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