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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What danger do they face as they cross the river?

2. Who helps teach the boy to hunt?

3. How does the mother react when the train starts moving?

4. Why don't they wait for the next train?

5. How do the children at the school react to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the morning assembly like at the school?

2. How does the father show his dedication to his wife?

3. Why does the boy pretend to be asleep when his mother wakes him up on Sundays?

4. What is a "Special Volunteer Soldier"?

5. How is this school different from the one he used to attending?

6. How do the Japanese treat the Koreans according to the grandfather?

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

8. What happens to the boy's teacher?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kind of life did the boy have at home in regards to his family as well as their financial status?

Essay Topic 2

The teacher told the students to leave school to get a new name. Explain why this was a significant event and how the Koreans responded to it.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the events that occurred in the book store. Who was there? What did they talk about? What changes did the boy observe in his teacher?

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