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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 changes are going to happen in school?

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

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

4. What makes the mother feel even better about her situation?

5. What does the grandfather give the boy for the first time at dinner on his first day of school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How is the boy's family financially?

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

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

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

9. What happens to the boy's teacher?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the scene in the detention camp. What was the father concerned about, and how did he plan to deal with it? What actually happened?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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