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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 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) Algae.
(c) Porridge.
(d) A single sweet potato.

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

3. What did Kim Mandeok spend to buy rice for the people when there was a famine?
(a) 1,000 gold bars.
(b) 905 gold bars.
(c) 50 gold bars.
(d) 2,100 gold bars.

4. In "Born a Cow," where was Joon-lee attending university?
(a) Incheon.
(b) Busan.
(c) Daegu.
(d) Seoul.

5. In "Day 4 (continued): 2008," what do Janet and Clara want to do with Young-sook?
(a) Walk to Halla.
(b) Listen to stories.
(c) Dive.
(d) Visit her children and grandchildren.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long had it been since Joon-lee lived at home in "Born a Cow"?

2. In "Years of Secrecy," what book did Joon-lee bring home that she loved reading?

3. How many children did Min-lee and her husband have in "A Guest for One Hundred Years," including the baby to be born?

4. In 1961, how many volunteers did Dr. Park want for a study of the haenyeo?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Young-sook return to Hado in "Life-Giving Air"?

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

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

4. What happened in "Life-Giving Air" after two policemen were killed?

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

6. What was the New Village Movement?

7. What did Young-sook learn about Mi-ja and Sang-mun's first meeting in 2008, and why they married?

8. Why did Clara never meet her grandmother?

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

10. Why did a man named Dr. Park and other men come of Hado in "Years of Secrecy"?

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