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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. What vehicle takes the boy to the market?

2. What happens to many who make the crossing?

3. Who meets the mother after several hours?

4. How does the boy feel about the situation of his world as he falls asleep on the Sunday?

5. Where is the mother supposed to stay?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the boy's family financially?

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

3. What experience has the mother had with jail?

4. How is this school different from the one he used to attending?

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

6. What is crossing the river like?

7. How does the boy respond when the poor children come up to him and ask him to go swimming with them?

8. What job do the mother and father have?

9. How does the family travel to the town?

10. What is the morning assembly like at the school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Japanese teacher made comments which implied that he knew that if the boy left, things were going badly and the end was near. Why did he say that, and what was actually happening in Germany and Japan?

Essay Topic 2

Describe what the family had to go through before they reached their final destination.

Essay Topic 3

The teacher told the students to leave school to get a new name. Explain why this was a significant event and how the Koreans responded to it.

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