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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. What is Yoseb's work in Osaka as described in Book One, Chapter 12?
(a) As a foreman in a biscuit factory.
(b) As a manager of a department store.
(c) As a pastor.
(d) As a foreman in a cookie factory.

2. Why does Mozasu find school difficult in Book Two, Chapter 10?
(a) He does not know how to read.
(b) He wants to run outside and play instead.
(c) School is too easy for him.
(d) Kids tease him and he struggles with schoolwork.

3. What does Isak call out to Sunja when he wakes up Book Two, Chapter 5?
(a) "Yobo” (191).
(b) "Wife" (191).
(c) "Sunja" (191).
(d) "My love" (191).

4. How many times does Yangjin give birth before Sunja survives in Book One, Chapter One?
(a) Once.
(b) Three times.
(c) Four times.
(d) Seven times.

5. What does Sunja think when she first sees Hansu again in Book One, Chapter 6?
(a) Proud that a man like him has chosen her.
(b) Excited that they will get to have sex now.
(c) Angry at him for taking so long.
(d) Disappointment that he has not brought her a bigger present.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Koh Hansu tell Sunja to be careful for in Book One, Chapter 4?

2. What does Pastor Yoo tell the sister in the dispute in Book One, Chapter 14?

3. How much does Pastor Yoo tell Isak he can pay him in Book One, Chapter 14?

4. What does Yoseb name Isak and Sunja’s new baby boy in Book One, Chapter 17?

5. What vulgar thing does Yoseb say to shame Sunja when he finds out she has paid his debts in Book One, Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the Chung brothers say that Japan will never conquer China in Book One, Chapter 2? Why do they support China?

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

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

4. How is Mozasu becoming a "bad Korean"in Book Two, Chapter 10? What does he think about this?

5. What is Goro-san's character like and why is he so successful at Pachinko as described in Book Two, Chapter 12?

6. How does Sunja deal with Mozasu's fighting in Book Two, Chapter 11?

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

8. How does Isak describe Yoseb to Sunja in Book One, Chapter 13?

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

10. How do Hoonie's parents raise him in Book One, Chapter 1? Why do they not dote on him?

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