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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 observe about his classmates?
(a) They are very well-behaved.
(b) They like to pull pranks on each other.
(c) Many are very poor and don't even have socks.
(d) They wish they were Japanese.

2. What makes the mother feel even better about her situation?
(a) They will make a lot of money.
(b) Her God is with her.
(c) They have a good dinner, which makes her feel better.
(d) Her family is with her.

3. What vehicle takes the women to the market?
(a) A Bicycle.
(b) An oxcart.
(c) A taxi.
(d) A bus.

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

5. Who helps teach the boy to hunt?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) A tenant farmer.
(c) His teacher.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a big treat for the poor in the community?

2. Where does the mother wait for the father?

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

4. What does the grandfather say that the Japanese can't take away?

5. Who do the mother and father follow?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What occurs in the bookstore?

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

7. What experience has the mother had with jail?

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

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

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

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