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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the map in the classroom depict?
(a) The advance of German rule.
(b) Only Japan.
(c) The shifting of the continents.
(d) The topography of the area.

2. What religion do the father and mother follow?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Taoism.
(d) Buddhism.

3. What time of day is it when the mother waits?
(a) It is close to noon.
(b) It is night.
(c) The dawn is just breaking.
(d) It is midmorning.

4. Why don't they wait for the next train?
(a) They don't know if it will come, and they need to leave the town.
(b) They are anxious to get to their destination.
(c) They think it would be quicker to take a bus.
(d) They are worried about who might be on that train.

5. Why is the father weak?
(a) He has recently been ill.
(b) He has been in jail for years for his resistance-movement activities.
(c) He is getting old.
(d) He is fasting.

6. Of what is everyone aware?
(a) The missionaries are getting too pushy.
(b) They are on the cusp of war.
(c) There are too many cultures intermixing.
(d) The Koreans are rising in power.

7. What does the grandfather say that the Japanese can't take away?
(a) His heart.
(b) His brain.
(c) His life.
(d) His will.

8. How many children will the mother teach?
(a) About 12.
(b) About 25.
(c) Three.
(d) About 50.

9. What does the father say the teacher is?
(a) Arrogant.
(b) Timid.
(c) Unfair.
(d) Presumptuous.

10. In what grade is the boy when they move back from Manchuria?
(a) Seventh.
(b) Second.
(c) Eleventh.
(d) Kindergarten.

11. What makes the mother feel even better about her situation?
(a) Her God is with her.
(b) They have a good dinner, which makes her feel better.
(c) They will make a lot of money.
(d) Her family is with her.

12. What does the boy do when his mother tries to wake him up on Sundays?
(a) He tells her he's already up.
(b) He jumps out of bed.
(c) He pretends he is asleep.
(d) He sings a morning song.

13. What honor is bestowed upon the boy?
(a) He is the class treasurer.
(b) He is the class leader.
(c) He is the acolyte.
(d) He reads the scriptures.

14. What is the teacher doing after the bookshop experience that makes the boy comment to his father?
(a) He is yelling.
(b) He is pulling at his hair.
(c) He is tearing up books.
(d) He is crying.

15. Who meets the mother after several hours?
(a) The father.
(b) The conductor, on his way back.
(c) The ticket clerk.
(d) The police.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are they going to arrive at their destination?

2. What does the boy's mother allow him to choose?

3. What treaty is signed in August of 1939?

4. What happens when the teachers confront each other?

5. What is a big treat for the poor in the community?

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