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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What language does Sae-ri think it is easy to lie in?
(a) The one that is not your first language.
(b) Your third language.
(c) Your first language.
(d) Your second language.

3. What does Jae do every Sunday?
(a) Go to church.
(b) Cook dinner.
(c) Sort the week's takings from the shop.
(d) Clean the yard.

4. Who does Ji-won overhear saying racist things in school?
(a) The teacher.
(b) The nurse.
(c) The principal.
(d) The guidance counselor.

5. Why does The Last Chance Ranch call to insist Sae-ri collects her son?
(a) He never speaks.
(b) He has asked desperately to come home.
(c) He is violent.
(d) He has expressed romantic inclinations towards other boys there.

6. What word means unconditional love in Korean?
(a) Feng.
(b) Geong.
(c) Sui.
(d) Jeong.

7. Where did Soo travel to America from years earlier?
(a) China.
(b) Korea.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Cambodia.

8. Who set Sae-ri up with her husband?
(a) Big Grandmother.
(b) Big Mother.
(c) Big Friend.
(d) Big Sister.

9. What is distinctive about Ji-won's new friend's appearance?
(a) Her makeup.
(b) Her bright clothes.
(c) Her jewelry.
(d) Her long black braid.

10. How does Ji-won's family change over the course of the story?
(a) Her grandmother comes to live with them.
(b) A new baby brother is born.
(c) Her parents get divorced.
(d) Her mother dies.

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

12. Who runs the Last Chance Ranch?
(a) Pastor Don.
(b) Pastor Winderson.
(c) Pastor Ted.
(d) Pastor Ray.

13. What is Soo thinking about when she and Jae drive home from the revival?
(a) Her mother.
(b) All the mundane things she has to manage the next day.
(c) Her past.
(d) Her lost children.

14. What garment does Soo come across in trying to decide what to wear to the revival?
(a) Her bright yellow car coat.
(b) Her dasiki.
(c) Her wedding dress.
(d) Her christening gown.

15. What does Ji-won's mother do to her apples?
(a) Peels them.
(b) Cooks them into applesauce.
(c) Poaches them.
(d) Throws them away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the largest amount of money Soo and Jae have made in the store on a Saturday?

2. Which author had Soo once loved as a young woman?

3. Who does Soo say will drive her to the revival?

4. What is one reason James is reticent about the Last Chance Ranch?

5. What holiday does Mrs. Wilson ask the class about that no one in the class has celebrated?

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