View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Swallowing Water Breath," what were the water clothes made from?

2. How old was Sun-sil when she married?

3. In 1938, how old was Do-saeng's daughter?

4. What family did Mi-ja live with?

5. In "When Thoughts Turn to Weddings," how old was Young-sook's younger sister?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was Young-sook's wedding like?

5. How was Yu-ri after she regained consciousness?

6. How did Mi-ja feel about the marriage arranged for her and Lee Sang-mun?

7. What are women doing on the beach in "Day 1: 2008"?

8. In "Life Bubbles," what did Young-sook's mother instruct her about learning and being mindful?

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

10. How did Young-sook have her first child, and when did she go back to work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Yu-ri was handicapped and Young-sook’s mother died. Where was Young-sook when Yu-ri and then her mother were injured? What does Young-sook feel guilt about the accident and her mother’s death?

Essay Topic 2

Young-sook had many tragedies in her life. What were some of the tragedies that Young-sook experienced in her life? How did she survive the tragedies she experience?

Essay Topic 3

The haenyeo dived in the ocean to get food and sea creatures to sell. In what ways did the haenyeo harvest the sea in much the same way that farmers harvested the land? Why was it more dangerous for the haenyeo to work in the sea than it was for farmers to work on land?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,076 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample