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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. After Korea is invaded again, where are most young men sent?
(a) Australia.
(b) Siberia.
(c) Italy.
(d) America.

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

7. What do Sookan and Inchun do after they have crossed the barbed wire fence into the South?
(a) Sleep in the grass.
(b) Shout taunts at the soldiers following them.
(c) Do a happy dance.
(d) Run.

8. Who dies after returning from a labor camp?
(a) Inchun.
(b) Unhi's brothers.
(c) Kisa.
(d) Granfather.

9. Where do Inchun and Sookan try to spend the night while looking for their mother?
(a) The empty marketplace.
(b) In the woods.
(c) In a corn field.
(d) The train station.

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

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

12. What do the interrogation soldiers tell Sookan and Inchun to do?
(a) Flee to Manchuria.
(b) Go home.
(c) Flee to Seoul.
(d) Stay at the guardhouse and wait for Mother.

13. Who drives Sookan and Inchun from the guardhouse to the train staion?
(a) Dobraski.
(b) The inn keeper.
(c) The old man with a broom.
(d) The young mother from the market.

14. What animals do Sookan and Inchun see at the guardhouse while searching for Mother?
(a) Kittens.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Monkeys.
(d) Iguanas.

15. While escaping to the South, what cuts Sookan's feet?
(a) Metal rivets.
(b) Random shards of glass.
(c) Freshly-cut cornstalks.
(d) Rocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the nice soldier at the guardhouse?

2. What news does Kisa learn on his trip to get medicine?

3. Who tells Sookan and Inchun to take a train back home?

4. When Inchun and Sookan reach Seoul, what are their brothers doing?

5. In the summertime, who gets sick?

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