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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what is everyone aware?
(a) The Koreans are rising in power.
(b) There are too many cultures intermixing.
(c) They are on the cusp of war.
(d) The missionaries are getting too pushy.

2. Why is the father leaving the country?
(a) He wants to start fresh.
(b) He wants to learn about different cultures.
(c) He has been run out of his own hometown.
(d) He is going to teach at a Christian school.

3. What does the grandfather give the boy for the first time at dinner on his first day of school?
(a) A revolver.
(b) A journal.
(c) Rice wine.
(d) His own chopsticks.

4. Where is the boy going with his father after church?
(a) To a restaurant.
(b) Hiking.
(c) The bookstore.
(d) Fishing.

5. How does the boy get to school?
(a) By bus.
(b) He walks.
(c) By trolley.
(d) By carriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a big treat for the poor in the community?

2. What flag is flying on the flagpole at the school?

3. Why is the father weak?

4. What does the boy do when his mother tries to wake him up on Sundays?

5. What changes are going to happen in school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why had the woman's father been sent to jail?

2. What is a "Special Volunteer Soldier"?

3. How does the mother show her dedication to her husband?

4. What kind of breakfast does the grandmother make for the family and why?

5. Why do they make the decision to walk across the frozen river?

6. How does the boy feel about leaving Manchuria?

7. What experience has the mother had with jail?

8. How is the boy's family financially?

9. How does the family show support for the boy when he goes off to school?

10. What events occur to make the first day of school end poorly?

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