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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the author in 1933?
(a) 40.
(b) 1.
(c) 20.
(d) 7.

2. What happens when the mother realizes she doesn't have her ticket?
(a) They tell her to run and get it from her husband, but to leave the baby on the train.
(b) She is kicked off the train with her baby.
(c) They take her jewelry to pay for the ticket.
(d) Those around her understand her situation so it is all right.

3. Where does the train stop?
(a) In the middle of the bridge.
(b) In Manchuria.
(c) It stops at the last Korean town before Manchuria.
(d) Right next to an open field.

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

5. Why is it upsetting when the train begins to move?
(a) Nobody has gotten off, so the compartment is still overcrowded.
(b) They know they are going to leave the past behind them as they head for the vast unknown.
(c) The baby is hungry, and they haven't had time to stop for food.
(d) It isn't supposed to leave for another hour, and the father isn't back.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do they confront when they are near their destination?

3. What do the father's papers say?

4. How do the other passengers react when the father is being questioned?

5. Why is the father leaving the country?

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