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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. On page 95, how old was a boy who found his murdered father?
2. On page 105, how many years of data are on the agency's main computer hard drive?
3. How many one-night stands did the man who was killed and found by his son on page 95 pay for?
4. On page 83, what color backpack does the shopkeepers' granddaughter have?
5. On page 59, how old was Hornclaw's target a month ago?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Hornclaw's condition by the time she reached the clinic on page 68?
2. How is Hornclaw described when she gets on the subway at the beginning of the story?
3. What signs are there that Hornclaw's memory is failing?
4. How does Bullfight kill the chairman of a company on page 101 and escape?
5. What did Bullfight find about who ordered his father's death and the assassin who carried it out?
6. How did Hornclaw clean up the scene after killing a target near a reservoir in K County?
7. How do male trainers bother Hornclaw if she works out at the gym?
8. How did Hornclaw and the doctor come to an agreement of mutual silence on page 75?
9. Why does Hornclaw never ignore her annual physical checkup?
10. What pain does Hornclaw experience on page 42, and how long has she been suffering from that pain?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Hornclaw gets on the subway, no one pays attention to her. How and why is Hornclaw invisible to others on the subway and in day-to-day life?
Essay Topic 2
Ageism is a form of discrimination based on a person’s age. How and why is Hornclaw affected by ageism?
Essay Topic 3
Flashbacks are literary devices used to provide information about events that took place before the story began. How does Byeong-Mo use flashbacks in The Old Woman with the Knife? How does the author’s choice to use flashbacks affect what readers understand about characters, especially Hornclaw?
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