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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. How does the boy get to school?

2. How does the mother react when the train starts moving?

3. What happens to the students if they don't bow toward the Japanese Emperor?

4. Why is the father weak?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What job do the mother and father have?

2. What kind of character does the teacher have?

3. What occurs in the bookstore?

4. What is crossing the river like?

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

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

7. How is the boy's family financially?

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

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

10. How does the family travel to the town?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kind of life did the boy have at home in regards to his family as well as their financial status?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

The teacher told the students to leave school to get a new name. Explain why this was a significant event and how the Koreans responded to it.

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