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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 color clothing did Young-sook have for her wedding?
(a) Marigold.
(b) Persimmon.
(c) Grape.
(d) Hibiscus.

2. In "Leaving-Home Water-Work," who did Mi-ja and Young-sook dive with?
(a) Kang sisters.
(b) Young mothers from Jeju.
(c) Other girls their age from Jeju.
(d) Do-saeng.

3. In November 1938, how many periods did the women dive during the lunar month?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

4. In "Leaving-Home Water-Work," how long had Young-sook and Mi-ja been working as haenyeo outside of Jeju?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 7 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men carried the casket when Sun-sil died?

2. What is Young-sook doing at the beginning of "Day 1: 2008"?

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

4. How does Young-sook leave the beach in "Day 1: 2008"?

5. Where did Yang Do-saeng's husband work and live in 1938?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Leaving-Home Water-Work," what was the situation with Japan?

2. How did Young-sook meet Mi-ja?

3. Who helped Young-sook and Mi-ja get the goods they purchased from the ferry to a truck?

4. In "When Thoughts Turn to Weddings," what did Young-sook learn had happened to her family while she was gone?

5. What was Mi-ja's wedding like?

6. What were Young-sook's home like in 1938?

7. In "Day 1: 2008," why does a family group approach Young-sook when she is collecting algae on the beach?

8. How was Young-sook able to go back to diving in "The Tail of a Skirt"?

9. How does Clara tell Young-sook that she learned Jeju?

10. In Day 2: 2008, what happens when Young-sook dives?

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