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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, how do Inchun and Sookan get to Seoul?
(a) They fly in a helicopter.
(b) By bus.
(c) They walk.
(d) By train.

2. North Korea became Communist while South Korea became ___.
(a) Anarchist.
(b) Capitalist.
(c) A monarchy.
(d) Socialist.

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

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

5. In the Worker's Paradise, what happens to traitors?
(a) They are killed.
(b) They are re-conditioned.
(c) They are deported.
(d) Nothing.

6. After Sookan and Inchun reach Seoul, what kind of business does Father start?
(a) A sock factory.
(b) A fortune cookie bakery.
(c) A soy sauce factory.
(d) An accounting firm.

7. Who is the first person in the story to embrace Communism?
(a) Inchun.
(b) Sookan.
(c) Mrs. Kim.
(d) Theresa.

8. After the Japanese leave, what flies next to the Korean flag?
(a) A Red Cross flag.
(b) The Russian flag.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A white flag.

9. While escaping to the South, why must Sookan and Inchun lie down in a cornfield?
(a) That is where they must sleep.
(b) To avoid the searchlight.
(c) To get good and muddy.
(d) To hide from the Japanese.

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

11. Where do Sookan and Inchun bravely go to look for their mother?
(a) A brothel.
(b) The guardhouse.
(c) Pyongyang.
(d) Russia.

12. Who is the nice soldier at the guardhouse?
(a) Lebowski.
(b) Dobraski.
(c) Leonard.
(d) Martin.

13. Where do Sookan and Inchun sleep while looking for their mother?
(a) In a barn.
(b) In a hotel.
(c) In a drainage ditch,
(d) In a treehouse.

14. Why can't Sookan and Inchun stay at the inn?
(a) They were not invited.
(b) They have no money.
(c) It is not clean.
(d) It is not safe.

15. What does Sookan's family give their guide as payment for taking them South?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) A bag of vegetables.
(c) Sookan's first-born child.
(d) Verbal thanks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Sookan and Inchun help a young mother at the market?

2. What does Inchun do after Mother is detained at the border?

3. What does the inn keeper give Sookan and Inchun?

4. Where do Inchun and Sookan try to spend the night while looking for their mother?

5. Who dies after returning from a labor camp?

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