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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. Where does Mother travel to in order to get a birthday gift?
(a) Aunt Tiger's house.
(b) Japanese headquarters.
(c) Theresa's convent.
(d) Grandmother's store.

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

3. What were destroyed to make Shinto shrines?
(a) Buddhist shrines.
(b) Hindu shrines.
(c) Public parks.
(d) Churches.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the Japanese claim they are protecting Korea from?

2. Who catches the family having a feast?

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

4. Who used to publish an underground newspaper for Korean independence?

5. What happens after Sookan is beaten at school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Sookan's teacher at school, and why is this significant?

2. Where are Sookan's siblings?

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

4. Do you think that it was wise of Grandfather to meditate under the tree?

5. Who is the first person to ever beat Sookan and why?

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

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

8. Describe Haiwon.

9. What does Captain Narita do to punish the family for having a party?

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

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