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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is supposed to help the mother?
(a) The station clerk.
(b) The conductor.
(c) The father.
(d) The police.

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

4. What does the boy do to the other boy who accuses him?
(a) He apologizes to him.
(b) He ignores him.
(c) He asks for proof.
(d) He attacks him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the view outside the classroom?

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

3. What does the map in the classroom depict?

4. What does the boy observe about his classmates?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the father show his dedication to his wife?

2. How does the boy respond when the poor children come up to him and ask him to go swimming with them?

3. What events occur to make the first day of school end poorly?

4. What is crossing the river like?

5. What will happen to the tenant farmer when he gets a wife?

6. How does the boy feel about leaving Manchuria?

7. What is significant about the maps in the classroom?

8. What happens to the boy's teacher?

9. How do the Japanese treat the Koreans according to the grandfather?

10. Explain why the boy says that the morning formation is like a military formation.

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