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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What sea creature does the narrator recall seeing on a documentary?
(a) Lionfish.
(b) Crawfish.
(c) Anglerfish.
(d) Jellyfish.

3. Which of the following is the narrator approaching when she sees Inseon in her workshop?
(a) Bandsaw.
(b) Drill press.
(c) Power grinder.
(d) Sawhorses.

4. Which of the following was noted on the feet of massacre victims?
(a) Geta.
(b) Opanak.
(c) Mojari.
(d) Gomusin.

5. Which of the following does Inseon stock in her refrigerator?
(a) Pork.
(b) Shrimp.
(c) Tofu.
(d) Chicken.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Inseon’s mother’s fingers did she use to feed her sister?

2. As which of the following had Inseon’s mother’s brother sought to be trained?

3. What kind of desert does the narrator see stretch to the horizon?

4. What is the subject of the first clipping that Inseon’s mother had collected?

5. Which of the following does a pharmacist recommend to Inseon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator eat as she feeds Ama?

2. What does the novel suggest prompted the narrator to take her own apartment?

3. To what does Inseon credit her young aunt’s return home while wounded?

4. How did Inseon become aware of the massacre she investigated?

5. What does Inseon reveal about her home that makes the narrator uncomfortable?

6. In what year does the main narrative of the novel occur, and how can this be ascertained?

7. How was Inseon able to tell where homes had stood in the abandoned village she searches?

8. What is the narrator doing when she hears Ama sing, to her surprise?

9. To what does the narrator credit Inseon’s departure from filmmaking?

10. Why had Inseon’s father’s family been killed?

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