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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the family live during the summer?
(a) In an apartment in the city.
(b) The same place they always live.
(c) In a beach house.
(d) In a cottage in the middle of the orchard.

2. 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.

3. What happens to Pumpkin?
(a) He decides he want to be class leader.
(b) He rns away.
(c) He drowns.
(d) He is arrested.

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

5. What religion do the father and mother follow?
(a) Taoism.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Buddhism.

6. About whom is the boy thinking when he follows through with the tradition?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His friends in Manchuria.
(d) The boy who makes faces.

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

8. What does the father tell the mother the baby is doing as they cross the river?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Smiling.
(c) Eating.
(d) Gurgling happily.

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

10. What does the boy do when his mother tries to wake him up on Sundays?
(a) He sings a morning song.
(b) He jumps out of bed.
(c) He tells her he's already up.
(d) He pretends he is asleep.

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

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

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

14. What do the schoolboys invite the boy to do in the afternoon?
(a) Swim.
(b) Watch a movie with them.
(c) Come to play at their houses.
(d) Play football.

15. What position do the classmates think the boy should take over?
(a) First baseman.
(b) Class negotiator.
(c) Class leader.
(d) Quarterback.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bothers the boy as he looks around at his friends who are playing?

2. What kind of orchards does the family have?

3. Who must attend Sunday school?

4. What does the boy's mother allow him to choose?

5. What treaty is signed in August of 1939?

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