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

2. Over which of the following had Inseon’s mother slept?
(a) Pruning saw.
(b) Circular saw.
(c) Coping saw.
(d) Hacksaw.

3. Which of the following does Inseon keep on hand for her birds?
(a) Millet.
(b) Rice.
(c) Barley.
(d) Corn.

4. In what month did massacre befall the village where Inseon’s family lived?
(a) December.
(b) October.
(c) November.
(d) September.

5. Which of the following does Inseon note Ama favors?
(a) Mulberries.
(b) Strawberries.
(c) Boysenberries.
(d) Gooseberries.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Inseon keep on hand for her birds?

2. To what year does the first clipping date that Inseon’s mother had collected?

3. How long ago does Inseon report having begun to feel another presence in her home?

4. As which of the following was Inseon’s last film incorrectly described?

5. What is the name of Inseon’s mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How had Inseon’s father dealt with the tremoring in his hands?

2. Why had Inseon’s aunt married by arrangement?

3. Why does the narrator posit Inseon titles her project as she does?

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

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

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

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

8. Why had Inseon’s aunt told her mother that their brother would have survived the massacre?

9. What does Inseon’s mother regret having said to her brother, and why?

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

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