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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 happens when Sunja goes to Koh Hansu's Osaka house in Book Two, Chapter 20?
(a) She sleeps on the garden grounds until he arrives.
(b) She is told he is not there.
(c) She begs him to help with Noa.
(d) She moves into the kitchen as a dishwasher.

2. What does Solomon do when he meets Hana in Book Three, Chapter 10?
(a) He invites her to his birthday party.
(b) He tells her that he knows she is pregnant.
(c) He tells her how pretty he is.
(d) He tells her he wants to go on a date with her.

3. Why does Hana tell Solomon she will forgive him about his girlfriend in Book Three, Chapter 19?
(a) Because she wants to marry him.
(b) Because she knows she will not live for long.
(c) Because he loved Hana first.
(d) Because she knows Phoebe will dump him.

4. What is Noa's new name in Book Three, Chapter 5 for his life in Nagano?
(a) Nobuo Bando.
(b) Know Yer Bands.
(c) Nobuo Ban.
(d) Noa Ban

5. What does Yoseb tell Sunja not to do with Koh Hansu in Book One, Chapter 13?
(a) Accept money for Noa's schooling.
(b) Talk back to him.
(c) Run off with Hansu.
(d) Keep putting up with his patriarchal attitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hana tell Solomon about his family in Book Three, Chapter 20?

2. What is the name of the new girl at Totoyama's sewing shop in Book Two, Chapter 16?

3. Where does Hansu tell Sunja that Noa is living in Book Three, Chapter 8?

4. What does Mozasu say he will do about the property the Korean woman will not sell in Book Three, Chapter 18?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why have Hana and Solomon begun to hang out in Book Three, Chapter 13? How does Hana think of Solomon?

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

6. What leads Haruki to become a police officer as described in Book Two, Chapter 17? Who recommends him to join?

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

8. What does Ayame find and experience at the park on the walk home from the bathhouse in Book Three, Chapter 6? What does she see and experience when she returns to the park a second time?

9. How are the women in Phoebe's family different than in Solomon's family as described in Book Three, Chapter 18? Why is this the case?

10. Why does Phoebe find it difficult to live in Japan as described in Book Three, Chapter 16?

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