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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Is Someone Dying?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what grade is the boy when they move back from Manchuria?
(a) Eleventh.
(b) Kindergarten.
(c) Second.
(d) Seventh.

2. What does the maid call the boy?
(a) Stubborn.
(b) Master.
(c) Stupid.
(d) Adorable.

3. 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.

4. What do the students do after work at night?
(a) They write letters.
(b) They sleep.
(c) They study.
(d) They call home.

5. What does the boy observe about his classmates?
(a) Many are very poor and don't even have socks.
(b) They wish they were Japanese.
(c) They are very well-behaved.
(d) They like to pull pranks on each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the grandmother give the boy to help him keep warm?

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

3. Where do the class members live?

4. How does the boy feel as he leaves the school on his first day?

5. What does the boy's mother allow him to choose?

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