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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 does the boy do to the other boy who accuses him?

2. Who do the mother and father follow?

3. Who is supposed to help the mother?

4. Why is the father weak?

5. Why is it upsetting when the train begins to move?

Short Essay Questions

1. What occurs in the bookstore?

2. What is a "Special Volunteer Soldier"?

3. What experience has the mother had with jail?

4. What kind of character does the teacher have?

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

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

7. What job do the mother and father have?

8. How do the Japanese treat the Koreans according to the grandfather?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe what the family had to go through before they reached their final destination.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Explain the conditions the students worked in when making the runways. Explain why they didn't just choose to leave school.

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