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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Crossing.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the father tell the mother the baby is doing as they cross the river?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Eating.
(c) Smiling.
(d) Gurgling happily.

2. What is the train compartment like?
(a) It wis overcrowded and stuffy.
(b) It is comfortable and smells of jasmine tea.
(c) It is half empty and cold with ice on the windows.
(d) It is filthy and loud.

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

4. Why don't they wait for the next train?
(a) They are worried about who might be on that train.
(b) They don't know if it will come, and they need to leave the town.
(c) They think it would be quicker to take a bus.
(d) They are anxious to get to their destination.

5. What do they confront when they are near their destination?
(a) Mobs of people ready to send them back.
(b) Police barricades.
(c) Cracks in the ice near the shoreline.
(d) Political protests.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it upsetting when the train begins to move?

2. Where does the train stop?

3. Who meets the mother after several hours?

4. How does the mother feel about her new situation?

5. What is happening to the Koreans all around?

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