View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the boy do that surprises the audience at the play?
(a) He shows up even though he has beenseverely beaten and can hardly stand.
(b) He performs flawlessly.
(c) He lashes out at the Japanese from stage.
(d) He protests the fact that someone is playing his part.

2. What do the schoolboys invite the boy to do in the afternoon?
(a) Swim.
(b) Come to play at their houses.
(c) Play football.
(d) Watch a movie with them.

3. Why is the boy in a hurry to get to Sunday school?
(a) He is the teacher that day.
(b) He knows they are having a special speaker that day.
(c) He loves to learn about God.
(d) He wants to have time with his friends.

4. What is the train compartment like?
(a) It wis overcrowded and stuffy.
(b) It is comfortable and smells of jasmine tea.
(c) It is half empty and cold with ice on the windows.
(d) It is filthy and loud.

5. What do the Japanese check on a weekly basis?
(a) Preparedness.
(b) Class attendance.
(c) Household accounts.
(d) Food supplies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the teacher do when he sees the boy's sack?

2. What are all the children in the Empire given when Japanese troops occupy Singapore, Malaya, and Borneo?

3. What is the teacher doing after the bookshop experience that makes the boy comment to his father?

4. What do the father's papers say?

5. What makes the mother feel even better about her situation?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 338 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample