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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. When Sookan looks after Inchun, what does he call her?

2. After Kisa returns from fetching medicine, what does the family dig up from under the house?

3. What year did war break out again in Korea?

4. Who gives Sookan's family payment for the guide?

5. What animals do Sookan and Inchun see at the guardhouse while searching for Mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Inchun and Sookan interrogated by the Russians?

2. After the Japanese evacuate, what happens to Unhi's brothers?

3. Describe how Sookan watches out for Inchun overnight in the barn.

4. Describe the uniform of the proletariat.

5. What happened in 1950?

6. How does the old man in the train station approach Sookan and Inchun?

7. How does the old man at the train station help Sookan and Inchun?

8. After the Japanese have left and the Russians invade, why doesn't America come to help the Koreans in the North?

9. Who helps Sookan and Inchun when they get across the border? How?

10. Do you think that Korea is better off with the Russians than the Japanese?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Sookan and Inchun's journey from Pyongyang to Seoul and the dangers therein.

Essay Topic 2

Explore and discuss the narration used in "Year of Impossible Goodbyes."

Essay Topic 3

Explain ways in which Sookan's family resisted oppression, perhaps mentioning:

1) Haiwon's birthday

2) Sookan and Inchun being taught Korean language and culture

3) Escaping Communist rule

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