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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is the boy in a hurry to get to Sunday school?
(a) He wants to have time with his friends.
(b) He knows they are having a special speaker that day.
(c) He is the teacher that day.
(d) He loves to learn about God.

3. Where does the mother wait for the father?
(a) Inside the station house.
(b) Outside the station house.
(c) On the train.
(d) In town.

4. How does the grandmother feel about food?
(a) She will only make traditional dishes.
(b) She feels that a diet should be simple yet solid.
(c) She makes a feast, thinking there's never enough for everyone.
(d) She hates cooking.

5. Who meets the mother after several hours?
(a) The police.
(b) The ticket clerk.
(c) The conductor, on his way back.
(d) The father.

6. What changes are going to happen in school?
(a) The students are going to begin military training.
(b) All the classes are going to be taught in Japanese, even for the lower grades.
(c) The older students will be allowed to talk in Korean.
(d) The classes are going to be merged.

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

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

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

10. 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.

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

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

13. 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) They take her jewelry to pay for the ticket.
(c) Those around her understand her situation so it is all right.
(d) She is kicked off the train with her baby.

14. Why is the father leaving the country?
(a) He is going to teach at a Christian school.
(b) He wants to learn about different cultures.
(c) He wants to start fresh.
(d) He has been run out of his own hometown.

15. What kind of orchards does the family have?
(a) Acai.
(b) Walnut.
(c) Apple.
(d) Mangoe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What flag is flying on the flagpole at the school?

2. What honor is bestowed upon the boy?

3. What happens to the students if they don't bow toward the Japanese Emperor?

4. How do the children at the school react to him?

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

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