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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of faces does the boy who follows the author to school make?
(a) Comical faces.
(b) Mean faces.
(c) Threatening faces.
(d) Pig faces.

2. What is a big treat for the poor in the community?
(a) Going to school.
(b) Kite-flying.
(c) Going to church.
(d) White rice.

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

4. How do the other passengers react when the father is being questioned?
(a) They stand up and defend him.
(b) They push the inquisitors out of the compartment.
(c) They ask why he is being questioned.
(d) They turn their heads and look away.

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

6. How does the boy get to school?
(a) By bus.
(b) By carriage.
(c) By trolley.
(d) He walks.

7. What do the father's papers say?
(a) He has permission to travel.
(b) He is allowed out of the country for one week.
(c) He has been acquitted for his thievery.
(d) He is innocent of murder.

8. What happens to many who make the crossing?
(a) They drown.
(b) They enjoy a new way of life.
(c) They face starvation.
(d) They become prisoners.

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

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

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

12. Why is it upsetting when the train begins to move?
(a) It isn't supposed to leave for another hour, and the father isn't back.
(b) Nobody has gotten off, so the compartment is still overcrowded.
(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.

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

14. What bothers the boy as he looks around at his friends who are playing?
(a) They are too rough.
(b) He knows they will all die.
(c) He thinks they are too poor and unkempt.
(d) He knows they are going to lose their names.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the grandfather say that the Japanese can't take away?

2. In what language are most of the books in the bookstore written?

3. Who must attend Sunday school?

4. What changes are going to happen in school?

5. Where is the mother supposed to stay?

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