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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While searching for Mother, why does Sookan try to stay awake at night?
(a) She likes to count her mosquito bites.
(b) She likes to look at the stars.
(c) To stand guard for Inchun.
(d) She is not tired.

2. Who gives Sookan's family payment for the guide?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Comrade Kim.
(c) Unhi.
(d) Father.

3. When Sookan looks after Inchun, what does he call her?
(a) Bubba.
(b) Mama.
(c) Luna.
(d) Nuna.

4. At the Little Proletariat School, what are the children given as an incentive to talk about their families?
(a) Awards.
(b) Sandwiches.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Warm jackets.

5. Who stays behind when the family flees to the South?
(a) No one.
(b) Sookan.
(c) Kisa and Aunt Tiger.
(d) Inchun.

6. Mother is waiting for the return of ___ from a labor camp.
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Her husband and sons.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her uncle.

7. What year did war break out again in Korea?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1980.

8. Due to Kisa's heavy involvement with the Party, what does Sookan's family receive first?
(a) New scarves.
(b) Coal.
(c) Cabbage.
(d) Gold.

9. While planning their escape, what job does the family undertake in their home?
(a) Making posters and flags.
(b) Making shoes.
(c) Growing vegetables.
(d) Composing new Communist songs.

10. At the town meeting, what color is the scarf everyone is given to wear?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Purple.

11. While being interrogated in the guardhouse, where do the children say they are going?
(a) Seoul.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Yohyun.
(d) Hong Kong.

12. What happened to Aunt Tiger's children?
(a) They are already in the South.
(b) They were sent to America.
(c) They were killed by the Japanese.
(d) She never had any.

13. What does Inchun do after Mother is detained at the border?
(a) He runs and jumps on her.
(b) He cries.
(c) Mother is not detained at the border.
(d) He acts as if nothing happened.

14. Who takes pity on Sookan and Inchun and tells them to meet him at the train station later that night?
(a) Dobraski.
(b) Theresa.
(c) An old man with a broom.
(d) The young mother from the market.

15. Who makes arrangements for Sookan's family to flee to the South?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Inchun.
(c) Kisa.
(d) Haiwon.

Short Answer Questions

1. While searching for their mother, why do Inchun and Sookan look diseased?

2. Who is Sookan reminded of when she looks at the soldiers that have broken into her house?

3. What happens when Sookan crawls under the barbed wire fence?

4. Whose family actually owns the home that Captain Narita had been living in?

5. Who drives Sookan and Inchun from the guardhouse to the train staion?

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