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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. In "The Ring of Fire," how long did the baby girl that Mi-ja had live?

2. How many days after a woman would move to a new village could she apply for a diving license in "Born a Cow"?

3. How does Clara say that her grandmother died?

4. In "Day 4 (continued): 2008," how does Young-sook get home?

5. In "A Guest for One Hundred Years," about how often did letters come from America?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did Do-saeng give Young-sook at the end of "Big Eyes," and why?

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

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

6. What happened on September 21, 1954, and what did the survivors learn about the destruction during the 4.3 Incident?

7. In "The Ring of Fire," what did Mi-ja say about hardship and fighting back?

8. In "Born a Cow," what complaints did Joon-lee have when she came home?

9. When a strike was called, why did Jun-bu go back to teaching before the strike was over in "The Shadow of a Nightmare"?

10. What happened when Jeju was put under martial law on November 17, 1948?

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

Aphorisms are statements that are used to reveal truth in a concise manner. How do the Jeju people use aphorisms? Why are aphorisms important in a society that is not literate?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

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