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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. Who takes his father off the train?
(a) The Korean Thought Policeman and the Korean Military Policeman.
(b) The conductor.
(c) The engineer.
(d) The Japanese Thought Policeman and the Japanese Military Policeman.

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

3. What honor is bestowed upon the boy?
(a) He is the acolyte.
(b) He reads the scriptures.
(c) He is the class leader.
(d) He is the class treasurer.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does one of the teachers yell at the boy and shake him and hit him?

2. What does the teacher tell the boy about how his father would react to the field trip?

3. What treaty is signed in August of 1939?

4. What happens to many who make the crossing?

5. What do the schoolboys invite the boy to do in the afternoon?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What experience has the mother had with jail?

3. Why are the Japanese police harassing the father, and how does paperwork help him?

4. What job do the mother and father have?

5. How does the family travel to the town?

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

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

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

9. The author states that they are leaving their homeland which is not a homeland. Why does he say this?

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

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