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

2. What do the schoolboys invite the boy to do in the afternoon?
(a) Play football.
(b) Watch a movie with them.
(c) Swim.
(d) Come to play at their houses.

3. Who arrives during the special dinner on the first day of school?
(a) The teacher.
(b) The police.
(c) The boy who makes faces.
(d) A missionary.

4. What do they confront when they are near their destination?
(a) Mobs of people ready to send them back.
(b) Police barricades.
(c) Political protests.
(d) Cracks in the ice near the shoreline.

5. What does the teacher tell the boy about how his father would react to the field trip?
(a) He would have thought it was a waste of time.
(b) He would have thought the trip was extremely valuable.
(c) He wouldn't have approved.
(d) He would have wished that he could be there, too.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the class go on a field trip the first day of school?

3. What is the train compartment like?

4. What happens to Pumpkin?

5. What danger do they face as they cross the river?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the boy pretend to be asleep when his mother wakes him up on Sundays?

2. How does the mother show her dedication to her husband?

3. How does the boy feel about leaving Manchuria?

4. What occurs in the bookstore?

5. What job do the mother and father have?

6. What will happen to the tenant farmer when he gets a wife?

7. How does the family show support for the boy when he goes off to school?

8. Why do they make the decision to walk across the frozen river?

9. Explain why the boy says that the morning formation is like a military formation.

10. How does the father show his dedication to his wife?

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