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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Grandfather used to have?
(a) A kimono.
(b) Ninja pants.
(c) A wok.
(d) A topknot.

2. Who is the narrator of "Year of Impossible Goodbyes"?
(a) Sookan.
(b) Theresa.
(c) It doesn't say.
(d) Inchun.

3. What does Sookan rub on Grandfather once a day?
(a) Vick's Vaporub.
(b) Lard.
(c) Lavender essence.
(d) Lemon oil.

4. Who tries to fight back as the factory girls are being taken away to be Spirit Girls?
(a) Kisa.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) Inchun.
(d) Uncle Tiger.

5. Where is there a radio hidden?
(a) In Grandfather's bottom drawer.
(b) In the sock factory.
(c) In Aunt Tiger's wig.
(d) In the basement of the convent,

6. What happens when students wet their pants at school?
(a) They are sent home.
(b) They have to change their clothes.
(c) They must scrub the floor.
(d) They are given diapers.

7. The Japanese would not let ___ visit Grandfather as he was sick and dying.
(a) Grandmother.
(b) Aunt Tiger.
(c) Sookan.
(d) A doctor.

8. Who had captured and tortured Grandfather?
(a) The Americans.
(b) The Russians.
(c) The Japanese.
(d) The Koreans.

9. In what city does "Year of Impossible Goodbyes" take place?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Seoul.
(d) Pyongyang.

10. What has happened to Aunt Tiger's husband?
(a) He divorced her.
(b) He is in America.
(c) He is probably dead.
(d) She was never married.

11. At Japanese school, what is against the rules to do?
(a) Share.
(b) Praise the Japanese Emperor.
(c) Make weapons.
(d) Scrub the floor.

12. After being beaten at school, who is taking care of Sookan when she wakes up?
(a) Narita Sensei.
(b) Haiwon.
(c) Mother.
(d) Grandfather.

13. Who is Father Carroll?
(a) A homeless man.
(b) A University professor.
(c) An American missionary.
(d) Sookan's step-father.

14. Who is Narita Sensei?
(a) A Japanese nun.
(b) A local gardener.
(c) Sookan's schoolteacher.
(d) Sookan's aunt.

15. What type of tree does Grandfather meditate under?
(a) A giving tree.
(b) A ficus.
(c) A pine.
(d) A weeping willow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Japanese do to two of the towns the family had lived in?

2. How many factory workers are saved by the person who tries to prevent them from being taken away?

3. Who teaches Sookan about Korean history and language?

4. After the workers are taken away, who takes away all the factory equipment?

5. What is wrong with Kisa?

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