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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is in the bag Mother obtains?
(a) Sand.
(b) Millet.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Nothing.

2. During her first day at school, what does Sookan do at lunch?
(a) She shares her food.
(b) She takes a nap.
(c) She reads a Korean novel.
(d) She sneaks home.

3. What did the Japanese do to two of the towns the family had lived in?
(a) Turned them into big cities.
(b) Quarantined them.
(c) Burned them.
(d) Looted them.

4. What happens after Sookan is beaten at school?
(a) She is expelled.
(b) She is compensated financially.
(c) She goes to the principals office.
(d) Nothing.

5. What does "chun" mean?
(a) Bafoon.
(b) Warrior.
(c) Spring.
(d) Soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tries to cheer up Mother after Grandfather dies?

2. After the birthday feast is interrupted, what does Sookan wish for the first time in her life?

3. Who introduced Mother to Catholicism?

4. Who catches the family having a feast?

5. Who is the narrator of "Year of Impossible Goodbyes"?

(see the answer key)

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