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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of floor does Inseon’s home have?
(a) Carpet.
(b) Concrete.
(c) Hardwood.
(d) Linoleum.

2. As which of the following had Inseon’s mother’s brother sought to be trained?
(a) Tinker.
(b) Tailor.
(c) Tinsmith.
(d) Teacher.

3. With which of the following does Part II: Night end?
(a) “To lie alongside these felled logs, these heaped fragments of a giant’s shattered body.”
(b) “Like she couldn’t stand another human body touching hers, not for a second.”
(c) “Like the wingbeat of an immeasurably small bird.”
(d) “And that was the end of that.”

4. Of what material is the box made in which the narrator buried Ama?
(a) Cedar.
(b) Aluminum.
(c) Tin.
(d) Plastic.

5. How old was Inseon’s mother when her own grandmother died?
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 35.

6. With which of the following had Inseon’s father been diagnosed?
(a) Pleurisy.
(b) Hernia.
(c) Angina.
(d) Edema.

7. What is the name of Inseon’s mother?
(a) Jeongsook.
(b) Jeonghun.
(c) Jeongli.
(d) Jeongsim.

8. As which of the following does the narrator characterize dreams?
(a) Emboldening.
(b) Depressing.
(c) Uplifting.
(d) Humiliating.

9. What did Inseon’s father take with him into hiding?
(a) Radishes.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Squash.
(d) Cabbages.

10. At what time does the narrator awaken in Inseon’s house?
(a) 10pm.
(b) 4pm.
(c) 10am.
(d) 4am.

11. How many from Jeju died at Daegu?
(a) 140.
(b) 70.
(c) 210.
(d) 280.

12. Which of the following does the narrator use to trace Ama’s shadow?
(a) Pencil.
(b) Pen.
(c) Marker.
(d) Ink brush.

13. What was mined at Gyeongsan?
(a) Iron.
(b) Cobalt.
(c) Rhodium.
(d) Nickel.

14. As which of the following was Inseon’s last film incorrectly described?
(a) “An ode in film to a mother’s history.”
(b) “An upbeat comedy for the whole family.”
(c) “An epic of a family tragedy.”
(d) “An ode in film to a father’s history.”

15. The novel implies the term “dosirak” means which of the following?
(a) Thermos.
(b) Bucket.
(c) Lunchbox.
(d) Satchel.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the narrator compare Inseon’s voice?

2. Which of the following is the narrator approaching when she sees Inseon in her workshop?

3. Which of the following did the narrator and Inseon visit together for work?

4. How many years long is the gap in materials Inseon’s mother had collected?

5. In what year was the narrator at the National Library?

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