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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. Why do the poker players tell Solomon he can pick up the restaurant tab as described in Book Three, Chapter 16 even though it is not customary for newcomers?
(a) Because he beats them all at poker regularly and takes their money.
(b) Because he wants to show off his father’s wealth.
(c) Because he makes more than all of them combined
(d) Because he knows the restaurant owner.

2. At the end of Book Three, Chapter 8, what does Hansu tell Sunja that Noa does after Sunja leaves Noa's office?
(a) Absolve himself before God.
(b) Contact Hansu to a build a relationship together.
(c) Sell his possessions.
(d) Shoot himself.

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

4. What does Akiko ask that upsets Noa in Book Two, Chapter 19?
(a) If he is embarrassed to be Korean.
(b) If he thinks their relationship will work out.
(c) If he wants to be Japanese.
(d) If he really loves her.

5. In Book Three, Chapter 3, what does Solomon tell the mourners at Yumi's funeral?
(a) "Mama wouldn't want you to cry" (347).
(b) "Mama is in New York" (347).
(c) "Mama is in heaven now" (347).
(d) "Mama is in California" (347).

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sunja tell Hansu about Noa and Mozasu in Book Three, Chapter 8?

2. What does Yoseb tell Sunja not to do with Koh Hansu in Book One, Chapter 13?

3. In Book Three, Chapter 2, who comes to help out Yumi while she is bedridden?

4. In Book Three, Chapter 21, what does the groundskeeper say was his favorite book of the ones Noa gave to him to read?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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