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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 happens when Sookan crawls under the barbed wire fence?
(a) She gets cut.
(b) Nothing.
(c) She dies.
(d) She breaks the fence.

2. Who do the Koreans hope will rescue them from foreign invaders?
(a) The Swiss.
(b) The Germans.
(c) The Americans.
(d) The Japanese.

3. After reaching the South, how do Inchun and Sookan get to Seoul?
(a) By train.
(b) They walk.
(c) By bus.
(d) They fly in a helicopter.

4. What do Sookan and Inchun do after they have crossed the barbed wire fence into the South?
(a) Sleep in the grass.
(b) Shout taunts at the soldiers following them.
(c) Run.
(d) Do a happy dance.

5. Due to Kisa's heavy involvement with the Party, what does Sookan's family receive first?
(a) Cabbage.
(b) Coal.
(c) Gold.
(d) New scarves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animals do Sookan and Inchun see at the guardhouse while searching for Mother?

2. After Sookan and Inchun reach Seoul, what kind of business does Father start?

3. In the Worker's Paradise, what happens to traitors?

4. Where do Sookan and Inchun bravely go to look for their mother?

5. Mother is waiting for the return of ___ from a labor camp.

Short Essay Questions

1. After the Russians invade northern Korea, where is father and what is he doing?

2. Do you think that Korea is better off with the Russians than the Japanese?

3. When the family prepares to escape to the South, who stays behind and why?

4. What happened in 1950?

5. After the Japanese have left and the Russians invade, why doesn't America come to help the Koreans in the North?

6. After the Japanese evacuate, what happens to Unhi's brothers?

7. How does the old man at the train station help Sookan and Inchun?

8. What do you think is the real reason the guide wanted Mother to separate from Sookan and Inchun?

9. Describe Mrs. Kim.

10. Describe the guide who is to lead the family to the South.

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