Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following emotions best describes how Sun-hee feels when Tae-yul says something is “none of [her] business”?

A) Annoyed

B) Concerned

C) Angry

D) Complacent

2. How does Abuji ameliorate the family’s concern regarding the emperor’s new edict in Chapter 2?

A) By going straight to the police station

B) By starting a fight with Tae-yul

C) By making plans to leave Korea immediately

D) By selecting a new Japanese family name

3. Which of the following phrases best describes a primary concern of Uncle throughout the novel?

A) The assimilation of Japanese and Chinese cultures

B) The erasure of Korean culture

C) The propaganda of Korean newspapers

D) The increased migration of Koreans into Japan

4. Why is Sun-hee called a traitor by her Korean classmates?

A) Because she excels at her Japanese language studies

B) Because she loves her new Japanese name

C) Because she has a Japanese boyfriend

D) Because she is planning on studying at the university in Kyoto

5. Which of the following phrases best describes the type of film that Sun-hee and her classmates watch in Chapter 9?

A) A documentary about Japanese terrain

B) A comedy about Koreans in Japan

C) A drama about a Korean girl and a Japanese boy who fall in love

D) A propaganda film about American dislike for Japanese

6. In 1942, what is the general perception in occupied Korea of Japan’s progress in the war?