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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After reaching the South, who immediately helps Sookan and Inchun?
(a) Russian soldiers.
(b) Red Cross workers.
(c) An friendly farmer.
(d) Mother.

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

3. How does Mother finally reach the South?
(a) Via train.
(b) By hitching a ride on a convoy.
(c) By crawling through a secret tunnel.
(d) It doesn't say.

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

5. After the Japanese leave, what job does Sookan's father have?
(a) He is a butcher.
(b) He is a Communist Party leader.
(c) He transports goods between the North and South.
(d) He is a farmer.

6. In the summertime, who gets sick?
(a) Inchun.
(b) Sookan.
(c) Mother.
(d) Kisa.

7. What gets stolen from Sookan's house?
(a) Kimonos.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Clocks.
(d) Chopsticks.

8. Who seems more dedicated to Mother Russia than the Russians?
(a) The Communist Koreans.
(b) The Americans.
(c) Inchun.
(d) Theresa.

9. Who do the Koreans hope will rescue them from foreign invaders?
(a) The Germans.
(b) The Swiss.
(c) The Americans.
(d) The Japanese.

10. If caught trying to flee to the South, what are the children to say they are doing?
(a) They are lost.
(b) Going to see their dying grandmother.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Fleeing to the South.

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

12. While searching for their mother, why do Inchun and Sookan look diseased?
(a) They have swollen eyes and cough a lot.
(b) They are wearing hospital gowns.
(c) They are covered with mosquito bites.
(d) They are skinny and smell bad.

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

14. At the town meetings, who is depicted in the portraits that are hung on the wall?
(a) Atilla the Hun.
(b) Pat Morita and Jackie Chan.
(c) Mozart and Beethoven.
(d) Stalin and Lenin.

15. Who tells Sookan and Inchun to go to the back of the train and crawl underneath?
(a) The guide.
(b) The young mother from the market.
(c) The inn keeper.
(d) The conductor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mother is waiting for the return of ___ from a labor camp.

2. While at the guardhouse, Sookan and Inchun are interrogated ___.

3. At the town meeting, what color is the scarf everyone is given to wear?

4. How is the guide who is to take the family south dressed?

5. After being invaded again, where does Sookan's family hide?

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