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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 does the ticket clerk tell the mother she should do?

2. What is the view outside the classroom?

3. What happens to Pumpkin?

4. What do the adults do while the boy is looking through books and magazines?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is a "Special Volunteer Soldier"?

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

4. What is crossing the river like?

5. What happens to the boy's teacher?

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

7. How is the boy's family financially?

8. How do the Japanese treat the Koreans according to the grandfather?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why was the Japanese teacher beating the boy? How did the boy's family react to the situation? How did his new friends react?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the Japanese influence in the school. How did it affect the students' school day? How did it affect the boy personally?

Essay Topic 3

Explain what role the boy had to perform in the school play and how he felt about it. How did the Koreans in the town feel about it? How did his family feel about it?

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