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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. In which of the following had Inseon’s uncle been held?

2. With which of the following does Part II begin?

3. Where did Inseon live when she reports having begun to feel another presence in her home?

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

5. When was the first time a letter from Inseon’s uncle reached his family?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why had the bodies of those massacred been exhumed?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The novel notably lacks an epigraph, something common in novels—and even in works of nonfiction. What effect does the lack of an epigraph have on the narration? How does the effect manifest?

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