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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the grandfather say that the Japanese can't take away?
(a) His brain.
(b) His will.
(c) His life.
(d) His heart.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to visit the boy after school on the first day?

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

3. What does the ticket clerk tell the mother she should do?

4. What do the schoolboys invite the boy to do in the afternoon?

5. Where does the class go on a field trip the first day of school?

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