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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lost Names.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the mother in February?
(a) With her parents.
(b) At the market.
(c) In church.
(d) In Manchuria.

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

3. How does the grandmother feel about food?
(a) She hates cooking.
(b) She makes a feast, thinking there's never enough for everyone.
(c) She feels that a diet should be simple yet solid.
(d) She will only make traditional dishes.

4. What position do the classmates think the boy should take over?
(a) Class negotiator.
(b) First baseman.
(c) Class leader.
(d) Quarterback.

5. Who do the mother and father follow?
(a) An old couple.
(b) The conductor.
(c) The policeman.
(d) The ticket clerk.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the children at the school react to him?

2. About whom is the boy thinking when he follows through with the tradition?

3. What does the teacher tell the boy about how his father would react to the field trip?

4. What does the grandfather say that the Japanese can't take away?

5. What bothers the boy as he looks around at his friends who are playing?

(see the answer key)

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