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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Big Eyes to The Vast Unknowable Sea - Pages 249-307.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Leaving-Home Water-Work," who did Mi-ja and Young-sook dive with?
(a) Kang sisters.
(b) Young mothers from Jeju.
(c) Do-saeng.
(d) Other girls their age from Jeju.

2. For how many days did Shaman Kim perform a special no-soul ritual after Sun-sil's death?
(a) 6.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

3. After being underwater for the study, how long did it take Young-sook's body temperature to return to normal in "Years of Secrecy"?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) 60 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 45 minutes.

4. How many men carried the casket when Sun-sil died?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

5. When does Young-sook remember in "Day 4: 2008" that she had added a bathroom to her house?
(a) 5 years ago.
(b) 3 years ago.
(c) 11 years ago.
(d) 8 years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job is Young-sook given on "Day 3: 2008"?

2. How many calories a day did Dr. Park and his team discover that the haenyeo needed to eat?

3. What did Young-sook buy for her grandmother in "When Thoughts Turn to Weddings"?

4. In "When Thoughts Turn to Weddings," what did Lee Han-bong remember that Mi-ja always wore in her hair when she was a child?

5. What color did the Kim family wear for mourning when Sun-sil died?

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