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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. What did Inseon’s father take with him into hiding?

2. Into what kind of flame had the narrator stuck her hand in elementary school?

3. Where does the narrator note civilians had hidden from massacre?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator know has happened to the leaves of the trees in her nightmares?

2. How does Inseon light the stove in her workshop?

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

4. What is the common story the narrator and Inseon found in their investigations of mountain folklore?

5. Why does Inseon think her uncle died in a mine?

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

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

8. How does Inseon posit Ami picked up words from her?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the treatment Inseon receives for her injury. Why might that treatment be preferred? What implications does it have for Inseon’s future?

Essay Topic 2

Similarly, the lengths of chapters influence reading. What pattern of chapter-length is present in the novel, if any? What effect does the length of chapters have on the reading? How is the effect achieved?

Essay Topic 3

To what extent does the novel as a whole enact a commentary on the act of writing, particularly of writing nonfiction? What in the text says indicates that commentary, and how does it do so?

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