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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. In Book Two, Chapter 20, what does Yoseb say to tell Mozasu about Noa's leaving?
(a) That school was too hard, so Noa withdrew.
(b) That Noa wants to make money in pachinko, and so he withdrew.
(c) That Noa met a woman, and so he withdrew.
(d) That Noa needs to find a new life.

2. What does Kazu call Solomon when Solomon tells him that the Korean woman will sell the property in Book Three, Chapter 18?
(a) The man.
(b) My man!
(c) Jedi.
(d) Padawan.

3. In Book Three, Chapter 4, what illness does Hansu tell Sunja he has?
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Self-hatred.
(c) Prostrate cancer.
(d) Breast Cancer.

4. What does Noa say to Sunja as parting words in Book Two, Chapter 19?
(a) "I need time to heal before we can talk again" (316).
(b) “You took my life away" (316).
(c) "I just want some alone space for now” (316).
(d) "You hid this from me for too long" (316).

5. What does one of the men at the poker game tease Solomon about at the end of Book Three, Chapter 16?
(a) Him being a spoiled brat.
(b) Him being unable to ever win at poker.
(c) His father being yakuza.
(d) His father being in pachinko.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Takano-san employ Noa as in Book Three, Chapter 1?

4. In Book Three, Chapter 3, what does Solomon tell the mourners at Yumi's funeral?

5. What does Sunja find from the graveyard groundkeeper in Book Three, Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

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

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. 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?

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

5. Why does Sunja go to Koh Hansu with Noa in Book Two, Chapter 13 What does Koh Hansu say?

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

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

8. What case does Haruki go to investigate in Book Three, Chapter 7? What does Haruki learn when he meets the boy’s parents?

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

10. How does Solomon get his name as told in Book Three, Chapter 10?

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