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

2. After Kisa returns from fetching medicine, what does the family dig up from under the house?
(a) Brightly colored Korean clothing.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) A dead cat.
(d) Their stockpile of rice.

3. How does the young mother at the market pay Sookan and Inchun for their help?
(a) She gives them ears of corn.
(b) She gives them each a dollar.
(c) She takes them home and gives them a bath.
(d) She doesn't pay them.

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

5. Instead of "Town Reds," what does Aunt Tiger call the family?
(a) Town Black Sheep.
(b) Country Reds.
(c) Whites.
(d) Phony Reds or Pinks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dies after returning from a labor camp?

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

3. North Korea became Communist while South Korea became ___.

4. After the Japanese leave, who supposedly will take care of the Koreans?

5. If caught trying to flee to the South, what are the children to say they are doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Dobraski.

2. What do you think is the real reason the guide wanted Mother to separate from Sookan and Inchun?

3. After the Japanese evacuate, what happens to Unhi's brothers?

4. How does the conductor help Sookan and Inchun?

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

6. Describe Mrs. Kim.

7. How are Inchun and Sookan interrogated by the Russians?

8. How does Mother eventually make it to the South?

9. How does the old man in the train station approach Sookan and Inchun?

10. Who helps Sookan and Inchun when they get across the border? How?

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