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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 does Sunja say when she asks Hansu for help in Book One, Chapter 13?
(a) She wants to get back at Yoseb for his cruelty.
(b) She wants him to pay the child support he never took care of.
(c) She wants him to act responsibly.
(d) She wants it to be a loan.

2. What does Mozasu want for Solomon as the novel says in Book Three, Chapter 11?
(a) "To be the top dog in finance" (409).
(b) "To reunite Korea and become their democratic leader" (409).
(c) "To have a quiet life, free from prejudice" (409).
(d) "To be an international man of the world" (409).

3. What do the parents of the suicide case in Book Two, Chapter 7 show Haruki?
(a) The boy's yearbook with insults inside.
(b) The boy's schoolbooks with good marks.
(c) Pictures of their son.
(d) Drawings their son had made as a toddler.

4. Why does Phoebe say to Sunja and Kyunghee in Book Three, Chapter 18 that she grew up eating fast food?
(a) Americans prefer the taste of fast food to any other kind of food.
(b) Phoebe and her brothers would cry as kids if they got other kinds of food.
(c) Her mother and father were both working, and her mother did not like to cook.
(d) Unprocessed food is too expensive in developed America.

5. What does Phoebe tell Solomon when she learns about Hana in Book Three, Chapter 15?
(a) "I want to break up with you" (349).
(b) "There are a lot of troubled young women in this world. We can save them all" (349).
(c) "There are a lot of troubled young women in this world. We can't save them all" (349).
(d) "I don't like the sound of this" (349).

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book Three, Chapter 6, why does Ayame say she was late coming home to take care of Daisuke?

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

3. What does Kazu call Solomon when Solomon tells him that the Korean woman will sell the property in Book Three, Chapter 18?

4. What does Hana ask Solomon if Christianity is like in Book Three, Chapter 13?

5. Why does Hana tell Solomon she will forgive him about his girlfriend in Book Three, Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Solomon get fired from his job in Book Three, Chapter 19?

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

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

9. What does Noa's letter to Sunja and the Baek family say Book Two, Chapter Twenty after he learns Hansu is his father?

10. What does Kazu explain to Solomon as a "shit tax" in Book Three, Chapter 17?

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