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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the birthday feast is interrupted, what does Sookan wonder about the Japanese?
(a) Why they smell funny.
(b) If they really do have godlike powers.
(c) Why they don't like birthday parties.
(d) If they have souls.

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

3. What is made in the family factory?
(a) Socks.
(b) Underwear.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Trousers.

4. After Captain Narita says that he wants to take away the workers to be Spirit Girls, what does Mother do?
(a) Begs Captain Narita not to take the girls away.
(b) Suggests they should become nurses instead.
(c) Nods her head.
(d) Encourages the workers to be good Spirit Girls.

5. 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 have nowhere to go.
(d) They do actually try to run away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mother trade for food?

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

3. At school, who is nice to Sookan?

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

5. What do Sookan and Inchun water after the birthday feast debacle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about the names of Sookan's brothers?

2. Why does Grandfather listen to Mother tell the children their family history?

3. When Kisa is beaten by the Japanese army, how could this be seen as a metaphor for the Korean people?

4. After Grandfather's death, why does Sookan feel that she is being punished and by who?

5. Why does Mother give up her hairpin and what does she get for it?

6. How does Mother obtain gifts and food for Haiwon's party?

7. What happens at lunch during Sookan's first day at school?

8. What do the factory workers try to do to prevent being taken away to become Spirit Girls?

9. Why is Sookan expelled from school?

10. What does Sookan learn by rubbing Grandfather's feet?

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