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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it particularly hurtful to the Koreans to lose their names?
(a) They have great respect for their ancestors.
(b) They can't pronounce the new names.
(c) They always have to do what the Japanese demand, and it's humiliating.
(d) They have lost everything else.

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

3. For what does the teacher ask the students?
(a) Their new names.
(b) Money.
(c) Attention.
(d) Food.

4. What job is the boy given when his hands are bleeding and oozing?
(a) Shoveling.
(b) Gravel carrier.
(c) Water carrier.
(d) He is able to take the day off.

5. What does the teacher realize when the boy comes to talk with him?
(a) The boy is now a man.
(b) He realizes that he needs help sitting up.
(c) He realizes the war is over.
(d) He realizes that the boy is very ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often dothey get to see their families?

2. How does the teacher respond to the boy's message?

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

4. Who comes to visit the boy after school on the first day?

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

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