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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Big Eyes to The Vast Unknowable Sea - Pages 249-307.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first country where Young-sook served as a haenyeo outside of Jeju?
(a) Soviet Union.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Japan.
(d) China.

2. When Young-sook was a girl, at what age did a haenyeo officially retire?
(a) 60.
(b) 57.
(c) 55.
(d) 62.

3. In "Swallowing Water Breath," what were the water clothes made from?
(a) Red cotton.
(b) Red silk.
(c) White cotton.
(d) White silk.

4. How old was the organizer of a general strike on March 10 in "The Shadow of a Nightmare"?
(a) 40.
(b) 19.
(c) 31.
(d) 22.

5. How old was Sun-soo when Young-sook became pregnant again?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 10 months.
(c) 11 months.
(d) 13 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were the last of the insurgents caught or killed and the shoot-on-sight order for Mount Halla lifted?

2. In 1961, how many volunteers did Dr. Park want for a study of the haenyeo?

3. In a story that Young-sook's grandmother told about Jeju 700 years ago, who invaded Jeju?

4. When Young-sook first met Mi-ja, how long had her father been dead?

5. For how long did Do-saeng say that her monthly periods stopped after the bombing of Hiroshima?

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