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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Narita Sensei?

2. What do most Koreans eat?

3. At school, who is nice to Sookan?

4. Who had captured and tortured Grandfather?

5. How does Captain Narita take away the factory workers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe the setting of "Year of Impossible Goodbyes."

6. Why do you think Mother did not want Inchun and Sookan to rub Grandfather's feet?

7. Why don't the Sock Girls run away when Mother tells them to?

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

9. Describe Haiwon.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore and discuss examples of social class divisions within the text, being sure to touch upon:

A) Race.

B) Politics.

C) Prominence and wealth.

Essay Topic 2

Explore and discuss the complex human relationships as they appear in "Year of Impossible Goodbyes."

Essay Topic 3

Explain Korean history as it relates to the setting and story of "Year of Impossible Goodbyes."

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