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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the mother caution her children about?
(a) All their belongings have been sold.
(b) Many people will not be happy to see them return.
(c) They will not be living in the same house.
(d) Their father will not be as happy as he once was.

2. What month is it in Chapter 3?
(a) October.
(b) January.
(c) March.
(d) August.

3. What did the boys' mother do on the morning after visiting his father?
(a) Stayed in bed and cried.
(b) Had his will revised.
(c) Put the house up for sale.
(d) Took all his suits to the dry cleaner's.

4. What is scattered all over the house?
(a) Dust balls.
(b) Broken glass.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Grass clippings.

5. What is the father's tone in this chapter?
(a) Pleasant.
(b) Hopeful.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Bitter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was kept on for days as the father was left in the room?

2. What news arrives via telegram one day?

3. Why can the father not find a new job?

4. How do most people in town greet the family?

5. Why doe the Army recruiters come to the camp again?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the father's tone during his confession in this chapter?

2. Who does the father identify himself as being when delivering his confession?

3. What valuable advice does the boy receive from his father in a letter?

4. What do the boy and the mother talk about regarding what they miss most about their old lives?

5. What does the father "admit" to doing that made him a threat to the U.S.?

6. Why is the girl digging in the ground with a spoon in the middle of the night?

7. What does the boy learn about the details of another boy's father's arrest that is more disturbing than his own father's arrest?

8. Describe the room where the father was first taken for questioning.

9. What has incarceration done to the father and why do his children hardly recognize him when he comes home?

10. What is the condition of the family's home when they return after their release from the camp?

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