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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. Where does the mother wait for the father?

3. What does the maid call the boy?

4. What do they confront when they are near their destination?

5. What treaty is signed in August of 1939?

Short Essay Questions

1. What job do the mother and father have?

2. How do the people in the train cart treat the mother after the father is taken away?

3. What events occur to make the first day of school end poorly?

4. What kind of breakfast does the grandmother make for the family and why?

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

6. The author states that they are leaving their homeland which is not a homeland. Why does he say this?

7. How is the boy's family financially?

8. What experience has the mother had with jail?

9. How does the family travel to the town?

10. What is crossing the river like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why was the family traveling in such harsh conditions and where were they going?

Essay Topic 2

What was the boy expected to do on Sunday mornings that was different from what his parents had to do? What did he do that was different from the other students?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the scene in the detention camp. What was the father concerned about, and how did he plan to deal with it? What actually happened?

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