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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. At the town meetings, who is depicted in the portraits that are hung on the wall?

2. In the summertime, who gets sick?

3. Who makes arrangements for Sookan's family to flee to the South?

4. Who tells Sookan and Inchun to take a train back home?

5. While escaping to the South, why does Sooken take off her shoes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Dobraski.

4. Describe the guide who is to lead the family to the South.

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

6. When the family prepares to escape to the South, who stays behind and why?

7. What happened in 1950?

8. Describe Mrs. Kim.

9. What does the family do when they find out that the war is over?

10. What does the guide tell the children to do if their mother is captured? What do they actually do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the appearances of abuse within the text.

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