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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. After reaching the South, how do Inchun and Sookan get to Seoul?

2. Who is the teacher of the Little Proletariat school?

3. Which word means "of course" in Korean?

4. What does the inn keeper give Sookan and Inchun?

5. After Korea is invaded again, where are most young men sent?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the town meetings.

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

3. Describe Dobraski.

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

5. Describe Mrs. Kim.

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore and discuss the ways in which the Japanese and Russians attempted to control the Koreans, being sure to mention:

1) Propaganda

2) Schoolchildren

3) Forced labor.

Essay Topic 2

Explore and discuss examples of compassion exhibited by characters within "Year of Impossible Goodbyes."

Essay Topic 3

Explore and discuss the narration used in "Year of Impossible Goodbyes."

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