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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does one of the men at the poker game tease Solomon about at the end of Book Three, Chapter 16?
(a) His father being yakuza.
(b) Him being a spoiled brat.
(c) His father being in pachinko.
(d) Him being unable to ever win at poker.

2. What does Solomon ask his father to explain when he tells his father that he wants to take over the family business in Book Three, Chapter 21?
(a) How to set a pachinko machine.
(b) A ledger.
(c) How to get Phoebe back.
(d) A badger.

3. What does Kazu tell Solomon as a life lesson in Book Three, Chapter 17?
(a) To rise above discrimination.
(b) Not to get too cocky.
(c) That there is "shit tax" that everyone pays and that Solomon should use every advantage he has (448).
(d) To be humble and respect his elders.

4. What does Noa say to Sunja before she leaves in Book Three, Chapter 8?
(a) He plans to kill himself.
(b) He traveled to America.
(c) He wants her to meet his children.
(d) He will come by next week.

5. Where does Ayame want to move after Totoyama-san's death in Book Three, Chapter 6?
(a) Yokohama.
(b) Pyongyang.
(c) Hokkaido.
(d) Tokyo.

6. What does Senora Wakamura say on Other Lands in Book Three, Chapter 12?
(a) "Wow, men really don't have to deal with as much as woman, do they?" (419).
(b) "I killed my enemies and buried them in the chicken coop" (419).
(c) "A woman's lot is to suffer" (419).
(d) "Wow, women do suffer a lot, huh? Wonder which generation that's gonna change" (419).

7. What does Mozasu say he will do about the property the Korean woman will not sell in Book Three, Chapter 18?
(a) He will find a way to cheat her out of the property.
(b) He tells Solomon he should get into another line of work.
(c) He will send Goro-san to kill her.
(d) He will send Goro-san to talk to her.

8. In Book Two, Chapter 7, what does the father of the boy tell Haruki when Haruki says he can not prosecute the other children?
(a) “You don’t understand what it is like to be a father” (380).
(b) “I hope you go to hell” (380).
(c) “I want justice for my son” (380).
(d) “You people work together to make sure nothing ever changes” (380).

9. What does Mozasu want for Solomon as the novel says in Book Three, Chapter 11?
(a) "To be an international man of the world" (409).
(b) "To have a quiet life, free from prejudice" (409).
(c) "To reunite Korea and become their democratic leader" (409).
(d) "To be the top dog in finance" (409).

10. What does Hana ask Solomon about when she calls him in Book Three, Chapter 15?
(a) Her mother.
(b) How he has been.
(c) What he thought about the latest episode of "Obake no Q-tarō".
(d) His girlfriend.

11. In Book Two, Chapter 17, where does Yumi want to live?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) California.
(d) New York.

12. In Book Three, Chapter 4, what illness does Hansu tell Sunja he has?
(a) Prostrate cancer.
(b) Schizophrenia.
(c) Self-hatred.
(d) Breast Cancer.

13. What does Hana tell Solomon to do in Book Three, Chapter 20?
(a) To find new ways to exercise his anger.
(b) To find a ways to return to America.
(c) To take over his father's pachinko business.
(d) To take over his father's chess business.

14. Who does Mozasu meet while he waits for Yumi in Book Two, Chapter 17?
(a) Hayame.
(b) Yumi.
(c) Haruki.
(d) Ha-chan.

15. What does Sunja think when she looks at herself in the mirror in Book Three, Chapter 4?
(a) Her fingernails are dirty.
(b) She wants to marry Hansu.
(c) She wants Hansu to want her a little bit.
(d) She is still as beautiful as when she was young.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Noa's new name in Book Three, Chapter 5 for his life in Nagano?

2. What does Solomon think as the men tease him at the end of Book Three, Chapter 16?

3. Who is the woman who calls out to Noa on campus in Book Two, Chapter 15?

4. What does Yoseb tell Changho in Book Two, Chapter 14?

5. What does Solomon do when he meets Hana in Book Three, Chapter 10?

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