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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I ("The Church of Abundant Life" - "First Language," Pages 1 - 56).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sae-ri consider doing instead of going to America to get married in an arranged marriage?
(a) Faking her own death.
(b) Marrying someone else in Korea.
(c) Fleeing in Korea before she leaves for America.
(d) Killing herself.

2. What loss does Ki-tae suffer in the large-scale disaster in Korea?
(a) That of his brother.
(b) That of his mother.
(c) That of his best friend.
(d) That of his twin children.

3. What does Soo carry in her envelope of cash that she brings from Korea to the United States?
(a) A lucky string.
(b) Gold birthday rings.
(c) A bracelet.
(d) Jade.

4. Which author had Soo once loved as a young woman?
(a) O. Henry.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Jane Austen.
(d) Charles Dickens.

5. What disaster took the lives of many in Korea, including those of some of Soo's and Jae's acquaintances?
(a) The Sampoong Department Store collapse.
(b) The earthquake.
(c) The Tsunami.
(d) The bombing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Jae buy his store in the area he did when he first moved to America?

2. Where is Sae-ri driving with her husband in the opening pages of "First Language"?

3. What does Jae seem to resent Soo for that comes up years after they move to America?

4. Where did Soo travel to America from years earlier?

5. How does Chun-ja win Soo's gratitude?

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