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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. In "A Guest for One Hundred Years," when there were people at Young-sook's house watching TV, when was Min-lee due to have her baby?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 4 weeks.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 6 weeks.

2. In "Born a Cow," how many haenyeo were left?
(a) 9,000.
(b) 13,000.
(c) 11,000.
(d) 7,500.

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

4. In "Big Eyes," how long had Do-saeng led the collective when she had to retire at 55?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 13 years.
(d) 10 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Joon-lee's favorite character in the book she brought home in "Years of Secrecy"?

2. How long was Young-sook in labor with Joon-lee?

3. When does Young-sook remember in "Day 4: 2008" that she had added a bathroom to her house?

4. How close to the shore were all Jeju required to be in "The Ring of Fire" when Jeju was put under martial law?

5. In "The Vast Unknowable Sea," how many days after Wan-soon disappeared did Shaman Kim hold a ceremony?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Gu-sun say that it was "better to be born a cow than a woman" in "Born a Cow"?

2. In "The Vast Unknowable Sea," what happened to Wan-soon when the women went diving on a Sunday?

3. In "The Shadow of a Nightmare," what set of three disasters occurred?

4. What was Sang-mun's position after the Americans arrived?

5. in "Years of Secrecy," what do women do when most of the men were killed 11 years ago?

6. Who did Do-saeng want to become chief of the collective when she retired, and who became chief?

7. When did Mi-ja move to Los Angeles and what did she do there?

8. in "Born a Cow," why did Joon-lee want to go to Yo-chan's house?

9. What restrictions and constraints did the haenyeo have in "Born a Cow"?

10. How did Joon-lee do with a competition in Jeju City for fifth graders?

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