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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. How many children does Sae-ri have with James that are both of their biological children?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

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

3. Who was taking care of Matthew before he was sent from Korea to America?
(a) Sae-ri's aunt.
(b) Matthew's uncle.
(c) Sae-ri's mother.
(d) Matthew's father.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anjali's mother do to her hair?

2. What is Chun-ja's injury in the Korean disaster?

3. What does Sae-ri's mother do in the mornings in the time before Sae-ri leaves Korea?

4. What does Ji-won do when she is passed a nasty note about Anjali from another student?

5. In "First Language," what does Sae-ri wait for many months to get before moving to America?

Short Essay Questions

1. What tragedy launched Ki-tae's career as a preacher?

2. How does Soo seem to feel about the store she and Jae run together in the story "The Church of Abundant Life?"

3. Why do Soo and Jae have no children?

4. Why does Sae-ri sometimes feel that she is a less than good mother?

5. Why was Soo so disappointed when she first came to America from Korea as a young married woman?

6. Why does Soo want to go see Ki-tae as he passes nearby in a traveling revival?

7. In the story "First Language," how does Sae-ri feel about the Last Chance Ranch?

8. How does Ji-won understand her parents' feelings about the new baby on its way?

9. How does Soo feel when she and Jae are driving back from the revival?

10. What happens in Ji-won's school that leads to Anjali being treated as an outcast?

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