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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 is the weather like as they stand on line?

2. What does the boy decide to do?

3. What health difficulties do they face?

4. What does the teacher realize when the boy comes to talk with him?

5. What do the students do after work at night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the school children have to do when the boy is in his junior year?

2. What is unusual about the mothers visit, and how does she get time with her son?

3. How do the people in the town show the boy their support?

4. Explain the significance behind the name the father chooses - Iwamoto.

5. The boy is having trouble with his collection. What is his dilemma, and with what solution does his grandmother come up?

6. Why are the people pouring rice wine on the graves?

7. Why does the boy have an issue with his white rice?

8. Why is the morning in the household hectic? Describe the breakfast schedule.

9. Explain why there are so many rubber balls in town.

10. Why does the boy have to bring three logs to class, and how does it benefit him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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