YEAR OF IMPOSSIBLE GOODBYES - CHAPTER 2

What surprise does Sookan's family plan for Haiwon?

• birthday party

• a new puppy

• a new pair of socks

• a rice bag

Where does Mother get her surprise?

• father

• the convent

• the front

• the Japanese

What type of food does Mother bring back?

• beef

• lamb

• millet

• rice

What unexpected visitors arrive at the early morning celebration?

• Captain Narita and the soldiers

• the nuns from the convent

• the sock girls

• the men from the town

What happened to the pine tree where Grandfather meditated?

• it started growing crooked

• nobody watered it

• it was cut down by the Captain Narita's soldiers

• nothing

Where is Sookan's sister, Theresa?

• church

• convent

• at the front

• at home

Who does Mother call to bring medicine for Grandfather?

• Captain Narita

• the neighbor

• nobody

• a Buddhist Monk

How does Sookan react to the loss of the pine tree?

• She laughs.

• She cries.

• She is angry.

• She doesn't care.

How does Grandfather react to the loss of the pine tree?

• He spits on the soldier's face.

• He throws a tantrum.

• He shuts himself off in his room and doesn't come out.

• He doesn't really care.

What do Sookan and Inchun do with the pine branches from the tree?

• give them to the sock girls

• burn them

• break them up

• throw them away