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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. Why does Isak travel in spite of his mother and doctor not approving as described in Book One, Chapter 7?
(a) He did not want to stay in Pyongyang any more.
(b) The church in Osaka asks him to come.
(c) He wanted to join the revolutionaries in Japan.
(d) He found life in Korea boring.

2. What does Kim Changho tell Kyunghee and Sunja about the restaurant in Book Two, Chapter 6?
(a) It has been his happiest memories.
(b) It will close until the war is over.
(c) It has exceeded all profit margins.
(d) He wants them to keep working there for the time being.

3. What does Yoseb learn when he goes to the church looking for everyone in Book Two, Chapter 1?
(a) That Sunja has run away.
(b) That Kyunghee has ran off with another man.
(c) That Isak, Pastor Yoo, and Sexton Hu were arrested.
(d) That Mozasu has been misbehaving again.

4. What does Yangin go to get after Isak and Sunja’s marriage ceremony in Book One, Chapter 10?
(a) Toffee sweets.
(b) Kimchi.
(c) White rice for rice cakes.
(d) A new dress for Sunja.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Sunja and Isak go with Kyunghee and Yoseb after dinner their first night in Osaka in Book One, Chapter 13?

2. Why does Mozasu find school difficult in Book Two, Chapter 10?

3. What do Isak and Sunja eat together in Sunja’s first restaurant in Book One, Chapter 9?

4. How did Isak's older brother, Samoel, die as described in Book One, Chapter 8?

5. What does Sexton Hu mouth that gets him and the others arrested as described in Book Two, Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sunja think about herself and her family when she realizes Hansu will not marry her in Book One, Chapter 6?

2. How does the novel describe Ikaino in Book One, Chapter 12?

3. Why does Hansu tell Sunja she must leave Osaka in Book Two, Chapter 6? What does he tell her she must do?

4. What things does Isak ask Sunja about marrying him in Book One, Chapter 9? Why does he ask these these?

5. How does Pastor Yoo resolve the siblings quarrel in Book One, Chapter 14 and why?

6. What worries does Yangjin confide to Isak as they walk in Book One, Chapter 7?

7. From Book One, Chapter 8, what happens in the Book of Hosea in the Bible and why?

8. What figurative language does Sunja use to think about the stories Koh Hansu tells her in Book One, Chapter 5? Why does she try to store everything he tells her?

9. What secrets does Noa keep to himself in Book Two, Chapter 4? Who does he keep these secrets from?

10. How does Sunja understand forgiveness differently than Pastor Shin means it in Book One, Chapter 10?

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