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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the soldier asks if anyone is dying, how does the boy respond in his head?
(a) He thinks that he is dying himself.
(b) He thinks to himself that the Japanese Empire is dying.
(c) He thinks the Korean race is dying.
(d) He mentally laughs at the soldier's pretense of concern.

2. Who goes with the boy to get a new name?
(a) His father.
(b) He goes alone.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His sister.

3. What happens to the boy after the class leaves?
(a) Nothing.
(b) He is beaten.
(c) He is sent home with a note for his parents.
(d) He is sent to prison.

4. How is the boy's visitor dressed?
(a) He is in full military regalia.
(b) He is wearing Japanese-style men's pants.
(c) She is in traditional Korean garb.
(d) She is wearing Japanese-style women's pants.

5. How does the sister feel about the new baby?
(a) She never wants to be away from her.
(b) She is jealous of her.
(c) She doesn't like her.
(d) She adores her.

6. Why are the Korean farmers limiting their crops?
(a) The Japanese are requisitioning their growth.
(b) It's a bad year.
(c) They are tired of farming.
(d) They don't have the money to plant.

7. How do the Koreans know the Americans won't bomb them?
(a) They don't.
(b) The Americans have flown over and dropped leaflets.
(c) An American soldier comes to speak at an Assembly.
(d) It is written in the newspapers.

8. What does the boy's sister want him to make her?
(a) A doll.
(b) A fort.
(c) Ice skates.
(d) Breakfast.

9. What does the boy's new name mean?
(a) Rock-foundation.
(b) One of wealth.
(c) Great hunter.
(d) Plant grower.

10. How does the father react when someone offers his spot on line to the father?
(a) He pretends that he doesn't hear the man.
(b) He takes the spot as if he deserves it.
(c) He thanks him and changes spots.
(d) He respectfully refuses to change spots.

11. How does the boy feel about acting in the play?
(a) He is proud of his part.
(b) He is nervous.
(c) He doesn't want to do it.
(d) He can't wait.

12. Why does each class go to the shrine once a week?
(a) To worship the Emperor.
(b) To confess their wrongdoings.
(c) To worship their ancestors.
(d) To pray for the Empire.

13. What happens to the boy's uncle?
(a) He is sent to prison.
(b) He protests against the boy's punishment
(c) He sneaks home to see the play.
(d) He is killed by the Japanese.

14. Years later, what do they discover in the shrine?
(a) A sword.
(b) Two sticks from a "sacred" tree.
(c) A gold replica of the Emperor.
(d) Their old names.

15. What does the teacher do when he sees the boy's sack?
(a) He realizes that there is sawdust in it.
(b) He punches the boy.
(c) He asks the boy how he found all the contents.
(d) He praises him for collecting so much.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the grandmother put this in the lunch?

2. In what kind of drill do the upper-class school children participate?

3. How does the boy get home after his punishment?

4. What does the teacher do after the war?

5. Under what circumstances can parents visit during the week?

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