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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is each child in the school required to do?
(a) Write a poem for the Emperor.
(b) Make a wooden rifle.
(c) Write notes of encouragement to the Japanese soldiers.
(d) Eat breakfast at school.

2. Why doesn't the boy quit school?
(a) His father will have to report to the police weekly if he does.
(b) He appreciates the education.
(c) He will be sent into the army.
(d) He loves it.

3. What does the class helper do as he greets the teacher?
(a) He bows.
(b) He salutes.
(c) He extends a gift to the teacher.
(d) He shakes his hand.

4. Who talks with the boy about the lunch issue?
(a) The grandmother.
(b) The sister.
(c) The father.
(d) The mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the boy observe about his classmates?

2. What happens when the teachers confront each other?

3. In what tradition does the teacher ask the boy to participate on his first day in school?

4. When the soldier asks if anyone is dying, how does the boy respond in his head?

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

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