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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What treaty is signed in August of 1939?
(a) The Japanese-Russian Mutual Non-Agression Treaty.
(b) The Japanese-Russian Mutual Non-Agression Treaty.
(c) The German-Japanese Mutual Non-Agression Treaty.
(d) The German-Russian Mutual Non-Agression Treaty.

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

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

4. What does the father say the teacher is?
(a) Arrogant.
(b) Presumptuous.
(c) Timid.
(d) Unfair.

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

6. 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.

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

8. What does the father tell his friends to have?
(a) Food.
(b) Chutzpa.
(c) Money.
(d) Patience.

9. What does the map in the classroom depict?
(a) Only Japan.
(b) The advance of German rule.
(c) The topography of the area.
(d) The shifting of the continents.

10. What is the teacher doing after the bookshop experience that makes the boy comment to his father?
(a) He is pulling at his hair.
(b) He is tearing up books.
(c) He is crying.
(d) He is yelling.

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

12. How does the mother feel about her new situation?
(a) She is resigned to her fate.
(b) She is fearful.
(c) She is hesitant about whether or not it's the right choice.
(d) She is excited about it.

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

14. In what activity do the boys plan to participate during the afternoon?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Kite-flying.

15. In what grade is the boy when they move back from Manchuria?
(a) Second.
(b) Seventh.
(c) Kindergarten.
(d) Eleventh.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the grandmother feel about food?

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

3. Where does the family live during the summer?

4. Who comes to visit the boy after school on the first day?

5. What is going to happen to the missionaries in Manchuria?

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