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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What danger do they face as they cross the river?

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

3. What happens to many who make the crossing?

4. What does the father tell the mother the baby is doing as they cross the river?

5. Who arrives during the special dinner on the first day of school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What occurs in the bookstore?

2. What kind of character does the teacher have?

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

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

5. How does the boy feel about leaving Manchuria?

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

7. What experience has the mother had with jail?

8. What happens to the boy's teacher?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the Japanese influence in the school. How did it affect the students' school day? How did it affect the boy personally?

Essay Topic 2

Why was the family traveling in such harsh conditions and where were they going?

Essay Topic 3

Describe what the Koreans were doing in the cemetery. How did the boy feel about the situation? How did his father feel about it?

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