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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Whose family actually owns the home that Captain Narita had been living in?
(a) Unhi's family.
(b) Kisa's family.
(c) Haiwon's family.
(d) Sookan's family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who seems more dedicated to Mother Russia than the Russians?

2. After the Japanese leave, who invades Korea?

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

4. Who dies after returning from a labor camp?

5. Unhi's family is ___.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Aunt Tiger do to ease suspicions about the family's true opinion about Communism? How well does it work out?

2. Describe the uniform of the proletariat.

3. When the family prepares to escape to the South, who stays behind and why?

4. After the Russians invade northern Korea, where is father and what is he doing?

5. After losing Mother at the guard station, who do Sookan and Inchun help in the market?

6. How does the old man at the train station help Sookan and Inchun?

7. What does the guide tell the children to do if their mother is captured? What do they actually do?

8. How does the conductor help Sookan and Inchun?

9. Why are the school children encouraged to talk about their home life?

10. At the end of the book, what has happened to Kisa and Aunt Tiger?

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