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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How had Sunja been proud of her father's kindness as described in Book One, Chapter 9?
(a) The way a poor child might be proud of her father's thrift and innovation.
(b) The way a child in a rich family would be proud of her father's bags of rice and gold rings.
(c) The way she is proud of the trees from springing out of the driest lands.
(d) The way a child in a rich family would be proud of her father's enormous house and many goats.

2. Where had Hansu spent his boyhood exploring as he tells Sunja in Book One, Chapter 5?
(a) Yeongo.
(b) The Jeju mountain and Halla-san volcano.
(c) The Taejongdae forest.
(d) Osaka.

3. Why does Tanaka-san say he will give Kyunghee half the meat she requested in Book One, Chapter 15?
(a) Because, "I hope one day you will become my wife” (128).
(b) Because, "I only want to sleep with you" (128).
(c) Because, "I want you to bring by some of the Seolleongtang when you are done cooking" (128).
(d) Because, "a mother must eat well if she's to raise a strong worker for the Emperor" (128).

4. 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.

5. How does Isak arrive in Yeongdu from Pyongyang in Book One, Chapter 2?
(a) He waits for a local farmer to give him a ride.
(b) He takes a train and then a ferry.
(c) He flies.
(d) He takes a train and then walks.

6. What does Sunja think about her children in Book Two, Chapter 4?
(a) That she is annoyed by them.
(b) That she wishes she could provide more for them.
(c) That her boys are her delight.
(d) That it is difficult to support them financially.

7. What does Kim say about his politics to Kyunghee in Book Two, Chapter 9?
(a) He is a communist.
(b) He wants Korea to be controlled by a nation that will be able to help it.
(c) He wants to become the leader of the freedom movement.
(d) He does not want others to take over Korea.

8. What are the Korean market women called as described in Book One, Chapter 4?
(a) Ajummas.
(b) The true bosses of Yeongdo.
(c) Mommas.
(d) Women.

9. Where do Kyunghee and Sunja meet the moneylender boss in Book One, Chapter 16?
(a) At the local mill.
(b) At the bar.
(c) At an Udon shop.
(d) At the sake shop.

10. Who packs Sunja's clothes carefully for traveling in Book One, Chapter 11?
(a) Sunja.
(b) Yangjin.
(c) Isak.
(d) Hansu.

11. In Book Two, Chapter 3, how much does Kim Changho say he will pay to each of the women?
(a) 35 yen a week.
(b) 20 yen a week.
(c) 2 yen a week.
(d) 10 yen a week.

12. Who is Mozasu's favorite wrestler in Book Two, Chapter 11?
(a) Riki Tiki Tabby.
(b) Rip Van Wrinkle.
(c) Rikidozan.
(d) Rippadoodledoo.

13. How did Isak's older brother, Samoel, die as described in Book One, Chapter 8?
(a) He was beaten by the colonial priests after a protest and died of injuries.
(b) He caught cholera.
(c) He sacrificed himself for the church.
(d) He drowned on a boat to Osaka.

14. Why does Sunja tell Isak that she can love his God in Book One, Chapter 9?
(a) Because she wants to deceive him.
(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 is familiar with spirits and Gods and so thinks she can love his God as well.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yangjin think about Isak when she first sees him in Book One, Chapter 2?

2. What does Mozasu do each Saturday after he starts working at the pachinko parlor in Book Two, Chapter 12?

3. Why is Yoseb brought to Tamaguchi’s farm in Book Two, Chapter 8?

4. What does Pastor Shin want Sunja to do in Book One, Chapter 10?

5. What does the matchmaker take as signs of the prosperity of Hoonie's family in Book One, Chapter One?

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