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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is the mother supposed to stay?
(a) On the train.
(b) In the station house.
(c) With some friends in the area.
(d) At the police headquarters.

3. Where does the teacher take the boy?
(a) To the beach.
(b) To a disciplinary room in the school.
(c) To the field.
(d) To a Chinese restaurant.

4. In what grade is the boy when they move back from Manchuria?
(a) Kindergarten.
(b) Second.
(c) Seventh.
(d) Eleventh.

5. How do the children at the school react to him?
(a) They overwhelm him with questions about Manchuria.
(b) They turn their backs on him and make mean gestures.
(c) They greet him like he is a hero.
(d) They laugh and giggle at him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position do the classmates think the boy should take over?

2. How old is the author in 1933?

3. What religion do the father and mother follow?

4. How are they going to arrive at their destination?

5. What does the grandfather give the boy for the first time at dinner on his first day of school?

(see the answer key)

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