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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the father weak?
(a) He has recently been ill.
(b) He is getting old.
(c) He has been in jail for years for his resistance-movement activities.
(d) He is fasting.

2. What does the boy do to the other boy who accuses him?
(a) He ignores him.
(b) He apologizes to him.
(c) He asks for proof.
(d) He attacks him.

3. What happens to the students if they don't bow toward the Japanese Emperor?
(a) They have to write an essay on the importance of respect.
(b) Nothing.
(c) They have to go up on stage for a humiliating lecture.
(d) They are beaten.

4. Where does the class go on a field trip the first day of school?
(a) To the beach.
(b) To see a movie.
(c) To the woods.
(d) To the soldier training camp.

5. What do they confront when they are near their destination?
(a) Police barricades.
(b) Cracks in the ice near the shoreline.
(c) Political protests.
(d) Mobs of people ready to send them back.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the teacher take the boy?

2. What happens to many who make the crossing?

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

4. Where is the mother supposed to stay?

5. What happens when the mother realizes she doesn't have her ticket?

(see the answer key)

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