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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color are Clara's eyes?
(a) Green.
(b) Gray.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blue.

2. How does Clara say that her grandmother died?
(a) Drowned.
(b) Breast cancer.
(c) Car accident.
(d) Lung cancer.

3. In "The Vast Unknowable Sea," what middle school was Joon-lee selected to attend?
(a) Bukchon.
(b) Hangyeong.
(c) Hado.
(d) Jeju City.

4. When Joon-lee tried to help with the sweet potato harvest, how long was she able to help in "Born a Cow"?
(a) About 30 minutes.
(b) An hour.
(c) 1 1/2 hours.
(d) 2 hours.

5. In "The Village of Widows," how many houses in Buckchon were burned?
(a) A third.
(b) Half.
(c) A quarter.
(d) All.

6. In "A Guest for One Hundred Years," what type of company did Kyung-soo work for?
(a) Electronics.
(b) Manufacturing.
(c) Engineering.
(d) Accounting.

7. How much did Young-sook and her husband have to eat after the haenyeo were told they could no longer dive in "The Ring of Fire"?
(a) Pig slop.
(b) A single sweet potato.
(c) Algae.
(d) Porridge.

8. In 1961, how many volunteers did Dr. Park want for a study of the haenyeo?
(a) 30.
(b) 24.
(c) 16.
(d) 20.

9. In "A Guest for One Hundred Years," about how often did letters come from America?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Every other month.
(c) Every 3 weeks.
(d) Every 6 weeks.

10. In "The Shadow of a Nightmare," how many people died in front of the police station in a nationwide demonstration?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 11.

11. How many children had Min-Lee had in "Born a Cow"?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

12. In "The Ring of Fire," how many villagers, including a woman in her last month of pregnancy were killed by soldiers in Haga?
(a) 48.
(b) 31.
(c) 19.
(d) 25.

13. How many children did Min-lee and her husband have in "A Guest for One Hundred Years," including the baby to be born?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

14. Where was Sang-mun in "The Village of Widows"?
(a) Mainland.
(b) Jeju City.
(c) Hamdeok.
(d) Japan.

15. In 2008, how many haenyeo remain on Jeju?
(a) 2,900.
(b) 4,300.
(c) 4,000.
(d) 3,200.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Born a Cow," where was Joon-lee attending university?

2. How many days of torture and killing were in Bukchon in "The Village of Widows"?

3. How old was the organizer of a general strike on March 10 in "The Shadow of a Nightmare"?

4. What subject was Joon-lee reading in "Born a Cow" that she said her mother would not be interested in having her read to her?

5. When was the Republic of Korea formally established in the south in "The Ring of Fire"?

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