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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. After Korea is invaded again, where are most young men sent?

2. While escaping to the South, why must Sookan and Inchun lie down in a cornfield?

3. Who drives Sookan and Inchun from the guardhouse to the train staion?

4. What news does Kisa learn on his trip to get medicine?

5. How is the guide who is to take the family south dressed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Aunt Tiger do to ease suspicions about the family's true opinion about Communism? How well does it work out?

3. Describe the uniform of the proletariat.

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

5. Describe Dobraski.

6. After the Russians invade northern Korea, where is father and what is he doing?

7. What do you think is the real reason the guide wanted Mother to separate from Sookan and Inchun?

8. Why don't most of the Korean people know when the war is over?

9. What is significant about Unhi's family and house?

10. What is a "Worker's Paradise"?

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 complex human relationships as they appear in "Year of Impossible Goodbyes."

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of freedom within the text.

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