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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why don't the factory workers run away instead of becoming Spirit Girls?
(a) They want to be Spirit Girls.
(b) They don't believe Captains Narita's threats.
(c) They do actually try to run away.
(d) They have nowhere to go.

4. Who catches the family having a feast?
(a) Captain Narita.
(b) Aunt Tiger.
(c) Kisa.
(d) Haiwon.

5. How does Captain Narita believe the factory girls should feel about becoming Spirit Girls?
(a) Sad.
(b) Horrified.
(c) Ambivalent.
(d) Honored.

6. After Grandfather's death, who does Sookan think is punishing her?
(a) No one.
(b) Mother.
(c) Grandfather.
(d) God.

7. Who tries to prevent Sookan and Inchun from washing Grandfather's feet?
(a) Mother.
(b) Theresa.
(c) Haiwon.
(d) Kisa.

8. What does Grandfather do while the children are being told about their family?
(a) Listen.
(b) Sing.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Pray.

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

10. Who watches Grandfather meditate?
(a) Theresa.
(b) Aunt Tiger.
(c) Sookan.
(d) Inchun.

11. Who does Grandfather want to tell the children about their family?
(a) Aunt Tiger.
(b) Theresa.
(c) Mother.
(d) Kisa.

12. How many factory workers are saved by the person who tries to prevent them from being taken away?
(a) One.
(b) All of them.
(c) None.
(d) Half of them.

13. After the birthday feast is interrupted, what does Sookan wish for the first time in her life?
(a) She was dead.
(b) She had never been born.
(c) She was Japanese.
(d) She was pretty.

14. Who cries tears of joy at the birthday feast?
(a) Mother.
(b) Haiwon.
(c) Aunt Tiger.
(d) Kisa.

15. What happens to the person who tries to save the factory workers form being taken away?
(a) He is taken away also.
(b) Nothing.
(c) He is beaten.
(d) He is killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. At Japanese school, what do the students make?

2. When Sookan goes to school, what does she not know how to do?

3. What "gifts" do Sookan and Inchun give all the factory workers?

4. Who is Narita Sensei married to?

5. When Sookan goes to school, what can she not do?

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