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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is it upsetting when the train begins to move?
(a) They know they are going to leave the past behind them as they head for the vast unknown.
(b) Nobody has gotten off, so the compartment is still overcrowded.
(c) The baby is hungry, and they haven't had time to stop for food.
(d) It isn't supposed to leave for another hour, and the father isn't back.

5. Why does one of the teachers yell at the boy and shake him and hit him?
(a) He isn't wearing his uniform properly.
(b) He makes a mess with his lunch.
(c) The boy doesn't know because he can't understand Japanese.
(d) He leaves too early for the field trip.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What flag is flying on the flagpole at the school?

4. What happens when the teachers confront each other?

5. Where does the mother wait for the father?

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