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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. Mother is waiting for the return of ___ from a labor camp.
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her husband and sons.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Grandfather.

2. While escaping to the South, why must Sookan and Inchun lie down in a cornfield?
(a) To hide from the Japanese.
(b) To avoid the searchlight.
(c) That is where they must sleep.
(d) To get good and muddy.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While escaping to the South, how do Sookan and Inchun get through the barbed wire fence?

2. Instead of "Town Reds," what does Aunt Tiger call the family?

3. After Kisa's trip to retrieve medicine, what do Sookan and Inchun do?

4. What does Sookan's family give their guide as payment for taking them South?

5. What kind of club does Sookan start at her new school in Seoul?

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. After losing Mother at the guard station, how do the children look?

3. How do Aunt Tiger and Mother feel about Communism and why?

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

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

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

7. What is a "Worker's Paradise"?

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

9. Describe Dobraski.

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

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