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

2. For how long had Young-sook been a widow in "A Guest for One Hundred Years"?

3. When did Hyun Ki-young publish a book about what happened in Buchon?

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

5. In "The Village of Widows," how many houses in Buckchon were burned?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Clara never meet her grandmother?

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

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

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

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

9. How did the American merely replace the Japanese in "The Shadow of a Nightmare"?

10. Why did Young-sook turn in the radio she bought as a wedding gift for her husband?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Young-sook and Mi-ja married within a few days of one another. What were the circumstances of their engagements and marriages? How were their marriages different?

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

How does the author use historical details in the book? How do the details that the author uses in the book about the Jeju people imitate events from real life?

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