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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yoseb tell Hansu he knows in Book Two, Chapter 8?

2. What vulgar thing does Yoseb say to shame Sunja when he finds out she has paid his debts in Book One, Chapter 17?

3. Who is Mozasu's new friend in school in Book Two, Chapter 10?

4. What does Kim say about his politics to Kyunghee in Book Two, Chapter 9?

5. What is Yoseb's work in Osaka as described in Book One, Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Sunja so determined to pay off Yoseb’s debt in Book One, Chapter 16?

2. What does Sunja think about herself and her family when she realizes Hansu will not marry her in Book One, Chapter 6?

3. What is the propaganda in the newspapers Yoseb reads in Book Two, Chapter 1?

4. How does Isak describe Yoseb to Sunja in Book One, Chapter 13?

5. Where and why are Pastor Yoo, Sexton Hu, and Isak arrested as described in Book Two, Chapter 2?

6. How is Mozasu becoming a "bad Korean"in Book Two, Chapter 10? What does he think about this?

7. What secrets does Noa keep to himself in Book Two, Chapter 4? Who does he keep these secrets from?

8. From Book One, Chapter 8, what happens in the Book of Hosea in the Bible and why?

9. What worries does Yangjin confide to Isak as they walk in Book One, Chapter 7?

10. What things does Isak ask Sunja about marrying him in Book One, Chapter 9? Why does he ask these these?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the third book of Pachinko, with the war over, Japan begins to rebuild and Western influences begin to change society. What new ideas are introduced? How does this shape what the characters think of and what they want? What characters display new ideas or Western influence? Akiko and Yumi may be two examples of characters whose outlook is shaped by the ideas of the United States and Europe. Use at least three examples from the novel to develop a thesis: How does the outside influence of the United States, Europe, and the West affect the characters lives in the third book of Pachinko?

Essay Topic 2

What is the narrative voice of Pachinko? Compare Chapter One to any of the following chapters (Book One, Chapter Five; Book Two, Chapter Nine; Book Three, Chapter One; Book Three, Chapter Two; Book Three, Chapter Fifteen) and analyze the narration style. Who is speaking throughout the different sections? When do characters speak and when are we told the words they say? When does the novel go inside the character's heads? Name the narration styles used according to what you have learned in class. Then analyze the effect of the narration styles used. What is the novel trying to show through its choices? How do different narration styles create a different effect?

Essay Topic 3

Both Yoseb and Isak begin wanting to support their families, and then are in some way injured or kept from being able to provide. What are each of these men's outlook on life in the beginning of the novel? And then with the events that happen to them, how does their outlook on life change or stay the same? What keeps their character in place? Or what pushes them to snap? Compare and contrast their experiences, and create a thesis answering what leads them to act differently from one another when there are divergences.

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