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

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

3. What does the teacher tell the boy about how his father would react to the field trip?
(a) He wouldn't have approved.
(b) He would have thought it was a waste of time.
(c) He would have thought the trip was extremely valuable.
(d) He would have wished that he could be there, too.

4. What does the ticket clerk tell the mother she should do?
(a) Search for her husband.
(b) Get on the next train.
(c) Go back home.
(d) Come inside.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion do the father and mother follow?

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

3. What does the class helper do as he greets the teacher?

4. How does the grandmother feel about food?

5. In what grade is the boy when they move back from Manchuria?

Short Essay Questions

1. What job do the mother and father have?

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

3. What experience has the mother had with jail?

4. How is this school different from the one he used to attending?

5. How does the family travel to the town?

6. What is crossing the river like?

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

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

9. How does the mother show her dedication to her husband?

10. How do the people in the train cart treat the mother after the father is taken away?

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