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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What matching shirts does a tourist family wear that Young-sook watches in "Day 1: 2008"?

2. Whre does Clara live in 2008?

3. What was the first country where Young-sook served as a haenyeo outside of Jeju?

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

5. In "Day 1: 2008," how old are women who are on the beach picking algae?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Yu-ri do after Young-sook's mother sounded the call that the day was done after her first dive in 1938?

2. How was Yu-ri after she regained consciousness?

3. What was Mi-ja's family situation when Young-sook first met her?

4. What was Young-sook's wedding like?

5. How did Mi-ja feel about the marriage arranged for her and Lee Sang-mun?

6. What did Young-sook realize about the stress her mother was under in "Life Bubbles"?

7. How was Young-sook able to go back to diving in "The Tail of a Skirt"?

8. What were Young-sook's home like in 1938?

9. Why did Mi-ja and Young-sook work away from the island in "Leaving-Home Water-Work"?

10. Why was San-mun leaving in "On the Sleeping Mat"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mi-ja and Young-sook met when they were seven years old. What type of friendship did the girls have? Would they have been considered best friends? How was the relationship damaged? Was the relationship ever repaired?

Essay Topic 2

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe something using the five senses to help readers experience what a character is experiencing. How does the author use imagery to help reader’s imagine the world she has created?

Essay Topic 3

The society on Jeju was matrifocal. What are the roles of women and men in a matrifocal society? How do the roles of men begin to change more to a patriarchal society in the book and why?

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