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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. After reaching the South, who helped Sookan and Inchun locate Father's address?
(a) The Red Cross information center.
(b) Russian soldiers.
(c) Mother.
(d) The Yellow Pages representative.

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

5. At Little Proletariat School, what are the children encouraged to do?
(a) Learn Spanish.
(b) Talk about their personal goals.
(c) Talk about their families.
(d) Learn about other cultures.

6. As Sookan and Inchun are almost to the South, what do they hear behind them?
(a) Silence.
(b) A train in the distance.
(c) Soldiers and dogs.
(d) Their mother's voice.

7. What is found in the house where Captain Narita lived?
(a) A journal.
(b) Dead bodies.
(c) A secret Buddhist shrine.
(d) Stockpiles of rice.

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

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

10. What kind of club does Sookan start at her new school in Seoul?
(a) A breakfast club.
(b) A survivors support group.
(c) A drama club.
(d) A poetry club.

11. What happens to Hansin's family after he tells his teachers at school that a stranger came to visit one night?
(a) He is given an award.
(b) Nothing.
(c) He becomes a School Red.
(d) They all disappear.

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

13. Who tells Sookan and Inchun to take a train back home?
(a) The Guide.
(b) Mother.
(c) Kisa.
(d) The inn keeper.

14. How is the guide who is to take the family south dressed?
(a) As a communist leader.
(b) As a Japanese soldier.
(c) As an American soldier.
(d) As a peasant farmer.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the first person in the story to embrace Communism?

3. After Sookan and Inchun reach Seoul, what kind of business does Father start?

4. Who makes arrangements for Sookan's family to flee to the South?

5. While planning their escape, what job does the family undertake in their home?

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