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

2. After the Japanese leave, who invades Korea?
(a) Canada.
(b) The United States.
(c) Russia.
(d) China.

3. Who tells Sookan and Inchun to go to the back of the train and crawl underneath?
(a) The guide.
(b) The inn keeper.
(c) The young mother from the market.
(d) The conductor.

4. What does Aunt Tiger give to Mother before the family flees to the South?
(a) A fake passport.
(b) A new jacket.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Money.

5. While escaping to the South, how do Sookan and Inchun get through the barbed wire fence?
(a) They go around it.
(b) They use wire cutters.
(c) They climb over.
(d) They dig a small space and crawl under.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After the Japanese leave, what job does Sookan's father have?

3. Where does the guide abandon Inchun and Sookan?

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

5. After being invaded again, where does Sookan's family hide?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the Japanese have left and the Russians invade, why doesn't America come to help the Koreans in the North?

2. How does the conductor help Sookan and Inchun?

3. Describe Mrs. Kim.

4. Describe how Sookan watches out for Inchun overnight in the barn.

5. What happened in 1950?

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

7. What does the family do when they find out that the war is over?

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

9. Describe the guide who is to lead the family to the South.

10. Describe the town meetings.

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