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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Dr. Chang had a close relationship with the agency?

2. On page 29, what is the name of the case Hornclaw has just finished?

3. How old is the woman who boards the subway on page 12?

4. When Bullfight finds the name of the client who ordered the hit on his father, how many other people have the same name as the client?

5. What room at the clinic did Hornclaw reach before she passed out on page 68?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice does Hornclaw remember Ryu gave her regarding insults?

2. Why is it difficult for those who work in disease control to have a safe retirement?

3. What does Hornclaw do while she rides the subway on page 14?

4. What did Bullfight come home to when he was 13?

5. Why does Hornclaw never ignore her annual physical checkup?

6. How did Hornclaw and the doctor come to an agreement of mutual silence on page 75?

7. How does Bullfight kill the chairman of a company on page 101 and escape?

8. How do male trainers bother Hornclaw if she works out at the gym?

9. What did Bullfight find about who ordered his father's death and the assassin who carried it out?

10. How is Hornclaw described when she gets on the subway at the beginning of the story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Byeong-Mo use artistic license to create the realistic background of The Old Woman with the Knife?

Essay Topic 2

Ryu dies protecting Hornclaw from a bomb. How and why does Hornclaw keep their business open after his death?

Essay Topic 3

Ageism is a form of discrimination based on a person’s age. How and why is Hornclaw affected by ageism?

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