WorksheetsYear of Impossible Goodbyes
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How many siblings did Sookan have?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
2.
After Korea is invaded again, where are most of the young men sent?
a)
Siberia
b)
Italy
c)
America
d)
Austrailia
3.
At the Little Proletariat School, what are the children given as an incentive to talk about their families?
a)
Awards
b)
Jackets
c)
Cookies
d)
Sandwiches
4.
After Kisa returns from fetching medicine, what does the family dig up from under the house?
a)
Rice
b)
A dead cat
c)
Grandfather
d)
Korean Clothing
5.
Who is the nice soldier at the guardhouse?
a)
Leonard
b)
Lebowski
c)
Dobraski
d)
Martin
6.
While escaping to the South, why must Sookan and Inchun lie down in a cornfield?
a)
To get muddy
b)
To get some sleep
c)
To avoid the searchlight
d)
To hide from the Japanese
7.
After reaching the South, how do Inchun and Sookan get to Seoul?
a)
by bus
b)
by helicopter
c)
by train
d)
by walking
8.
Who is at home when Sookan's house is robbed?
a)
no one
b)
Sookan and Inchun
c)
Grandfather
d)
Aunt Tiger
9.
What animals do Sookan and Inchun see at the guardhouse while searching for Mother?
a)
iguanas
b)
dogs
c)
kittens
d)
monkeys
10.
Instead of "Town Reds," what does Aunt Tiger call the family?
a)
whites
b)
phony reds or pinks
c)
country reds
d)
town black sheep
11.
What kind of club does Sookan start at her new school in Seoul?
a)
a breakfast club
b)
a survivor's support club
c)
a poetry club
d)
a drama club
12.
Whose family actually owns the home that Captain Narita had been living in?
a)
Sookan's family
b)
Kisa's family
c)
Unhi's family
d)
Haiwon's family
13.
Who joins the Party in hopes of relieving any suspicions about Sookan's family?
a)
Mother
b)
No one
c)
Inchun
d)
Aunt Tiger
14.
While escaping to the South, how do Sookan and Inchun get through the barbed wire fence?
a)
They go around it.
b)
They use wire cutters.
c)
They climb over it.
d)
They crawl under it.
15.
What does Sookan's family give their guide as payment for taking them South?
a)
Rice
b)
A bag of vegetables
c)
Verbal thanks
d)
Jewelry
16.
What does Aunt Tiger give to Mother before the family flees to the South?
a)
Money
b)
A warm jacket
c)
Jewelry
d)
A fake passport
17.
What happens when Sookan crawls under the barbed wire fence?
a)
She gets cut.
b)
She dies.
c)
Nothing happens.
d)
She breaks part of the fence.
18.
Mother is waiting for the return of ___ from a labor camp.
a)
grandfather
b)
her brother
c)
her husband and sons
d)
her uncle
19.
At the Japanese school, what is against the rules to do?
a)
Praise the emperor
b)
Share
c)
Scrub the floor
d)
Make weapons
20.
After the factory is shut down, what is the family ordered to do?
a)
Start anew factory
b)
Send Sookan to school
c)
Sell their house
d)
Begin farming
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