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  1. 3. After Henry’s mother passed away from lung cancer, his father brought a Korean woman home as a housekeeper. Lelia was disappointed at Henry when he didn’t know her ___ because she practically raised him throughout his teenage years.
  2. 5. Even after Henry receives the list of traits that Lelia hates about him, he is willing to forgive her. However, the note he found under the bed brings back the memories of him lying to Lelia. The note calls Henry a “___ speaker of the language”.
  3. 8. A Fillipino psychiatrist who was Henry’s target prior to Kwang. Henry was sent to investigate him, but ended up revealing too much of his private life. After Henry was pulled from his case, he visited ___’s office to apologize. However, Henry found him dead.
  4. 10. ___ was killed by the bombing at the Kwang’s campaign headquarters. Kwang was devastated by his death and refused to talk to the press. Meanwhile, Henry was suggested to take over a greater, more permanent position in politics, which was to fill in the shoes of ___.
  5. 13. One of the boys at Mitt’s birthday called the dog pile, which smothered Mitt to death, a “___” game. This word intensifies how tragic and heart-wrenching Mitt’s death was.
  6. 14. (People protested against Kwang in front of his house, claiming that he helped ___ immigrants, who steal jobs, to settle in the States.
  7. 15. Kwang receives racist comments when he returns to his house after the accident. After the time passes, Henry asks the realtor who shows around Kwang’s house for him where the family were staying. He answers that Kwang’s family moved to ___.
  8. 16. When Janice asks Henry his true purpose of participating in a non-paying job at his age, he lies to her that he is a ____ collecting information about a politician running for office.
  9. 18. ___ is a Korean traditional way of collecting money in a shared banking account amongst businessmen. The purpose is to loan money to the business members when they need it. This system is built upon the member’s trust and honor, thus, the reputation is important.
  10. 19. When Kwang goes missing after the accident, Janice worries that Kwang might have committed suicide. However, Henry knows that he didn’t because as his mother told him, Koreans suffer in ___.
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  1. 1. Henry believes that one of Kwang’s greatest talents is to make people unaware of their ____.
  2. 2. Janice hears about the young woman who was suspected to have a(n)___ with the current mayor, De Roos. She tells Henry to keep this information as a secret and starts planning for ways to leak the information without hurting their office.
  3. 4. Henry is reluctant to talk about his life nor his feelings with Lelia because he cannot share the details of his work. By the time Lelia starts going on trips, Henry doesn’t have to put too much effort to hide from her. This eventually led Lelia to call him an emotional ___ in the note she left for him.
  4. 6. Henry first meets Lelia in ___. This is the place where he first lies to Lelia about the reason why he is staying in ___. Meanwhile, Lelia is honest with Henry, telling him that she is in ___ to teach the kids.
  5. 7. While Lelia believes Mitt’s death was caused by something she and Henry did wrong, Henry simply calls it a(n) ____.
  6. 9. Henry earns a higher position in the campaign after successfully mollifying ____’s assemblage. ___ protested against the Korean greengovers due to their low wages and poor working conditions.
  7. 11. Kwang seemed to have a special affinity for Eduardo since they both enjoyed ___.
  8. 12. A beloved son of Henry and Lelia. He died on the day of his seventh birthday while playing the “dog pile” with his friends. His death not only brought emtional distress, but also caused Henry and Lelia’s relationship to fall apart.
  9. 13. An assistant who is suspected to have a personal relationship that’s deeper than that of business associates’ with Kwang.
  10. 17. Kwang ordered the neighborhood thugs to punish Eduardo when he suspected that he was leaking information to ___, his greatest political opponent.)
  11. 20. The smoke bombs that threatened John Kwang at the church were found to be made by two ____ -year-old kids.