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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 do the children at the school react to him?

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

4. In what language are most of the books in the bookstore written?

5. What does the map in the classroom depict?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the boy respond when the poor children come up to him and ask him to go swimming with them?

5. What is crossing the river like?

6. What is a "Special Volunteer Soldier"?

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

8. What experience has the mother had with jail?

9. Why does the boy pretend to be asleep when his mother wakes him up on Sundays?

10. What happens to the boy's teacher?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the events that occurred in the book store. Who was there? What did they talk about? What changes did the boy observe in his teacher?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Why was the Japanese teacher beating the boy? How did the boy's family react to the situation? How did his new friends react?

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