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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sunja tell Hansu when she finds out he is married in Book One, Chapter 6?
(a) "I will never see you again" (51).
(b) "I will be your mistress" (51).
(c) "My father would have hated you" (51).
(d) "I want to get married immediately" (51).

2. How had Koh Hansu's father been as described in Book One, Chapter 5?
(a) Hansu's role model.
(b) A caring and loving father.
(c) A gambler who had spent all the family's money.
(d) A drunk who had been hard on his son in spite of Hansu working to support them.

3. What does Koh Hansu tell Sunja to be careful for in Book One, Chapter 4?
(a) The crowded marketplace.
(b) Slippery rocks.
(c) Sharks.
(d) The colonial government looking for Korean women to take to China.

4. Why do Bokhee and Dokhee think Sunja is unhappy in Book One, Chapter 11?
(a) Because she does not love Baek Isak.
(b) Because she misses her father.
(c) Because she misses her lover.
(d) Because she is unhappy to leave home.

5. What does Yangjin think about Isak when she first sees him in Book One, Chapter 2?
(a) She wants him to marry her daughter.
(b) She thinks he looks sick.
(c) He could pass as a wealthy Korean.
(d) He could pass as a rich Japanese.

6. How was Isak when he was growing up as described in Book One, Chapter 7?
(a) A devout child who only wanted to become a pastor.
(b) The healthiest young boy in his family
(c) A little boy running about the garden eating apples.
(d) A privileged invalid who had servants to help him with what he could not do.

7. What does Coalman Jan say is Isak's religion in Book One, Chapter 3?
(a) Protestant.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Presbyterian.
(d) Islamic.

8. What does Sunja sell for Yoseb's debt in Book One, Chapter 16?
(a) The two gold rings Yangjin gave to her.
(b) Her virginity.
(c) The pair of wooden ducks Dokhee and Bokhee gave to her.
(d) The gold plated watch Hansu gave to her.

9. Why does Sunja tell Isak that she can love his God in Book One, Chapter 9?
(a) Because she is familiar with spirits and Gods and so thinks she can love his God as well.
(b) Because she will agree with anything that Isak says.
(c) Because she spoke to the spirits and they said it was ok.
(d) Because she wants to deceive him.

10. What is Pastor Yoo doing at the Osaka church when Isak arrives in Book One, Chapter 14?
(a) Smoking a cigarette over his coffee.
(b) Advising a brother and sister in a family dispute.
(c) Stretching.
(d) Doing his morning yoga exercises.

11. What does Yangjin think happened to Dokhee and Bokhee in Book Two, Chapter 10?
(a) They were taken to China to be prostitutes for Japanese soldiers.
(b) They were taken to China to be prostitutes for Japanese soldiers.
(c) They went to China to start new families.
(d) They found work in Osaka.

12. Why are butchers on the lower rungs of Japanese society as described in Book One, Chapter 15?
(a) Because there have been mass murderers who have been butchers.
(b) Because touching dead animals is a shameful occupation.
(c) Because Japanese customers do not buy meat.
(d) Because they are all Korean.

13. What job does Kim do for Hansu when the family returns to Osaka in Book Two, Chapter 9?
(a) Fee collector from storeowners.
(b) Head of Hansu's empire.
(c) Beating up people who will not pay fees.
(d) Store clerk at a grocery store.

14. How much does Pastor Yoo tell Isak he can pay him in Book One, Chapter 14?
(a) 23 yen a month.
(b) 15 sen a month.
(c) 50 yen a month.
(d) 15 yen a month, maybe less.

15. What does Yoseb tell Isak about political groups in Book One, Chapter 13?
(a) Join as many groups as you can.
(b) You are the future to our enlightenment.
(c) Do not get involved with them.
(d) They are not very well organized.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mozasu's new friend in school in Book Two, Chapter 10?

2. What is Yoseb's work in Osaka as described in Book One, Chapter 12?

3. What does Yangin go to get after Isak and Sunja’s marriage ceremony in Book One, Chapter 10?

4. Why does Isak travel in spite of his mother and doctor not approving as described in Book One, Chapter 7?

5. Why can Yoseb not leave his work when Noa tells him Isak is home in Book Two, Chapter 4?

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