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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through On the Sleeping Mat to Day 3: 2008 - Pages 121-181.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Young-sook was a girl, at what age did a haenyeo officially retire?
(a) 60.
(b) 57.
(c) 55.
(d) 62.

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

3. How many sons did Grandmother Seolmundae have?
(a) 500.
(b) 20.
(c) 205.
(d) 6.

4. What flowers bloom on Halla in the spring?
(a) Tulips.
(b) Camellias.
(c) Azaleas.
(d) Marigolds.

5. In a story that Young-sook's grandmother told about Jeju 700 years ago, who invaded Jeju?
(a) Mongols.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Russians.
(d) Koreans.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what month in the Western calendar did women on Jeju make gal-ot, a special type of cloth?

2. In November 1938, how many periods did the women dive during the lunar month?

3. In "Day 3: 2008," how old is Clara?

4. How many men carried the casket when Sun-sil died?

5. In November of 1938, how old was Fourth Brother?

(see the answer key)

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