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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is happening to the Koreans all around?
(a) They are starting to become oppressed by the Japanese.
(b) They are starting to become a world trade power.
(c) They are beginning to realize the value of their culture.
(d) They are starting to become oppressed by the Russians.

3. What do the adults do while the boy is looking through books and magazines?
(a) They discuss books.
(b) They write political propoganda.
(c) They whisper about the war.
(d) They have coffee together.

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

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

6. Why is the father weak?
(a) He has recently been ill.
(b) He is getting old.
(c) He has been in jail for years for his resistance-movement activities.
(d) He is fasting.

7. Where is the mother supposed to stay?
(a) With some friends in the area.
(b) On the train.
(c) In the station house.
(d) At the police headquarters.

8. What does the grandfather say that the Japanese can't take away?
(a) His will.
(b) His heart.
(c) His life.
(d) His brain.

9. What is going to happen to the missionaries in Manchuria?
(a) They will be asked to bring more missionaries.
(b) They will be killed.
(c) They will be asked to move to other parts within the country.
(d) They will all be evacuated.

10. What language do the students have to speak after third grade?
(a) Korean.
(b) English.
(c) Japanese.
(d) German.

11. What time of day is it when the mother waits?
(a) It is night.
(b) It is midmorning.
(c) The dawn is just breaking.
(d) It is close to noon.

12. Who must attend Sunday school?
(a) No-one has to go. It's voluntary.
(b) Just the wealthy.
(c) All school children, even sick ones.
(d) All the school children, unless they have a note from a doctor.

13. What danger do they face as they cross the river?
(a) Recognition.
(b) The bridge could collapse at any time.
(c) They might get arrested.
(d) Thin ice and slipperyness.

14. What do the inquisitors accuse the father of doing?
(a) Spying.
(b) Stealing some important papers.
(c) Murder.
(d) Sneaking out of the country.

15. Why is it upsetting when the train begins to move?
(a) They know they are going to leave the past behind them as they head for the vast unknown.
(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) Nobody has gotten off, so the compartment is still overcrowded.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position do the classmates think the boy should take over?

2. What does the boy observe about his classmates?

3. In what grade is the boy when they move back from Manchuria?

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

5. Where does the mother wait for the father?

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