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

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

3. What are the old family photographs kept in?
(a) A photo album.
(b) A fire-damaged box.
(c) An envelope.
(d) A pillow case.

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

5. After the birthday feast, who hauls wood away from the family's yard?
(a) The police.
(b) The sock girls.
(c) The nuns.
(d) The neighborhood kids.

Short Answer Questions

1. What heirloom did Sookan's mother save?

2. What do most Koreans eat?

3. During her first day at school, what does Sookan do at lunch?

4. Who does not speak after Grandfather's death?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What will probably happen if the factory workers become Spirit Girls?

2. What did Grandfather used to wear, and why did he have to get rid of it?

3. Who is Father Carroll, and why is he important?

4. Describe Haiwon.

5. What does the family do for Haiwon's birthday?

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

7. How does Sookan try to cheer up Inchun after the pine tree is cut down?

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

9. Why is Sookan expelled from school?

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

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