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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. Where does the class go on a field trip the first day of school?
(a) To the soldier training camp.
(b) To see a movie.
(c) To the beach.
(d) To the woods.

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

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

4. Why does one of the teachers yell at the boy and shake him and hit him?
(a) He leaves too early for the field trip.
(b) The boy doesn't know because he can't understand Japanese.
(c) He makes a mess with his lunch.
(d) He isn't wearing his uniform properly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What vehicle takes the boy to the market?

2. What changes are going to happen in school?

3. How does the boy feel as he leaves the school on his first day?

4. What happens to Pumpkin?

5. Of what is everyone aware?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the family show support for the boy when he goes off to school?

2. How is the boy's family financially?

3. Why had the woman's father been sent to jail?

4. How does the boy feel about leaving Manchuria?

5. What is the morning assembly like at the school?

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

7. What kind of breakfast does the grandmother make for the family and why?

8. Why do they make the decision to walk across the frozen river?

9. What kind of character does the teacher have?

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

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