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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children will the mother teach?
(a) About 12.
(b) Three.
(c) About 50.
(d) About 25.

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

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

4. What does the teacher tell the boy about how his father would react to the field trip?
(a) He would have wished that he could be there, too.
(b) He wouldn't have approved.
(c) He would have thought the trip was extremely valuable.
(d) He would have thought it was a waste of time.

5. Where does the class go on a field trip the first day of school?
(a) To see a movie.
(b) To the beach.
(c) To the woods.
(d) To the soldier training camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the teacher take the boy?

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

3. What does the grandfather give the boy for the first time at dinner on his first day of school?

4. What happens to Pumpkin?

5. What does the maid call the boy?

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