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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 happens to many who make the crossing?

2. What do the father's papers say?

3. What vehicle takes the boy to the market?

4. What happens to the students if they don't bow toward the Japanese Emperor?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What job do the mother and father have?

2. How does the family travel to the town?

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

4. What is significant about the maps in the classroom?

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

6. What is crossing the river like?

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

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

9. What occurs in the bookstore?

10. What happens to the boy's teacher?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kind of life did the boy have at home in regards to his family as well as their financial status?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the events that occurred in the book store. Who was there? What did they talk about? What changes did the boy observe in his teacher?

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