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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. In the Opening, which image is used to describe the anonymous woman's difficulty?
(a) Darkness.
(b) Fuzziness.
(c) Thickness.
(d) Emptiness.

2. How many years of history were lost during the Japanese occupation?
(a) 18.
(b) 36.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 5,000.

3. What language is Mother greeted in when she reaches her school?
(a) Chinese.
(b) English.
(c) Japanese.
(d) Korean.

4. How many volunteer resistance members were killed by Japanese troops on September 12, 1907?
(a) 36.
(b) 30.
(c) 18.
(d) 9.

5. In "Urania: Astronomy," the speaker has a hard time distinguishing rain from which of the following?
(a) Running water.
(b) Sleet.
(c) Snow.
(d) Dreams.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Opening, which of the following does the anonymous woman take possession of?

2. Who does the narrator fetch to persuade her brother not to participate in the demonstration?

3. What color is the fluid that emerges during the medical procedure in "Urania: Astronomy"?

4. Which two figures does Cha yoke together at the end of "Melpomene: Tragedy"?

5. How does Mother repay her college loans?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Mother teach?

2. What is Melpomene's purpose at the end of "Melpomene: Tragedy"?

3. Explain the letter to Mother in "Melpomene: Tragedy."

4. How does the speaker in the "Opening" perceive religion?

5. Describe the circumstances of the narrator's brother's death.

6. What is the significance of the italicized passages in the "Opening"?

7. Why is Mother born in Manchuria?

8. Why does Cha include images of the circulatory system, the nervous system, and the respiratory system in in "Urania: Astronomy," a section dedicated to astronomy?

9. Discuss the significance of breath in "Urania: Astronomy."

10. What is Mother's MAH-UHM? Where is it trapped?

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