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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the poker players tell Solomon he can pick up the restaurant tab as described in Book Three, Chapter 16 even though it is not customary for newcomers?
(a) Because he makes more than all of them combined
(b) Because he wants to show off his father’s wealth.
(c) Because he beats them all at poker regularly and takes their money.
(d) Because he knows the restaurant owner.

2. In Book Three, Chapter 17, what does Kazu do for Solomon?
(a) Put him on a real estate deal as the youngest on the team.
(b) Give him a financial loan.
(c) Take him under his wing as a mentee.
(d) Tell him how to fast-track his career.

3. What does Yoseb tell Changho in Book Two, Chapter 14?
(a) He does not want to die.
(b) He would kill Changho for liking Kyunghee is he were not so sick.
(c) If he waits until Yoseb dies, he can marry Kyunghee.
(d) He wants Changho to honor kill him.

4. What does Phoebe tell Solomon when she learns about Hana in Book Three, Chapter 15?
(a) "There are a lot of troubled young women in this world. We can't save them all" (349).
(b) "There are a lot of troubled young women in this world. We can save them all" (349).
(c) "I want to break up with you" (349).
(d) "I don't like the sound of this" (349).

5. 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.

6. What does Kazu tells Solomon about Japan in Book Three, Chapter 17?
(a) That it is better in America.
(b) That the post-war boom is optimal to make their financial fortunes.
(c) That everyone is "drowning in shame" (449).
(d) That "everyone is afraid of being different" (449).

7. In Book Three, Chapter 2, who comes to help out Yumi while she is bedridden?
(a) Kyunghee.
(b) Mozasu.
(c) Sunja.
(d) Yangjin.

8. What does Phoebe tell Solomon in Book Three, 21?
(a) She is breaking up with him.
(b) She never liked him.
(c) She wants to determine her own pathway in life.
(d) She finds herself as a crossroad and is not sure how to choose.

9. What do Etsuko, Solomon, and Mozasu go to get in Book Two, Chapter 9?
(a) Solomon's birthday present.
(b) Solomon's learner permit.
(c) Solomon's driver license.
(d) Solomon's foriegn national registration.

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

11. 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) "Wow, women do suffer a lot, huh? Wonder which generation that's gonna change" (419).
(d) "A woman's lot is to suffer" (419).

12. What does Mozasu do to get Yumi's attention in Book Two, Chapter 16?
(a) Rip his shirt off.
(b) Run through the shop beating his chest.
(c) Speak French.
(d) Speak English.

13. What news do the policemen bring Mozasu in Book Three, Chapter 3?
(a) That his wife and son were hit by a taxi, but they are both only lightly injured.
(b) That his son and wife were hit by a taxi, and Yumi died on the ambulance to the hospital.
(c) That he is going to be arrested for being a Christian.
(d) That his shop is going to be closed because of embezzlement.

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

15. In Book Three, chapter 20, what does Goro-san tell Solomon about the old Korean woman’s property?
(a) That it is a bad piece of property anyways.
(b) That the client rejected the property after the woman's death.
(c) That Solomon should not have asked him to help with the deal.
(d) That the client bought the property from him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yoseb tell Sunja to do to pay for Noa's university tuition in Book One, Chapter 13?

2. What does Akiko ask that upsets Noa in Book Two, Chapter 19?

3. In Book Two, Chapter 17, where is the missionary teacher, John Maryman, from?

4. What does Sunja find from the graveyard groundkeeper in Book Three, Chapter 21?

5. What does Hana ask Solomon if Christianity is like in Book Three, Chapter 13?

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