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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About whom is the boy thinking when he follows through with the tradition?
(a) The boy who makes faces.
(b) His mother.
(c) His friends in Manchuria.
(d) His father.

2. What position do the classmates think the boy should take over?
(a) First baseman.
(b) Class negotiator.
(c) Quarterback.
(d) Class leader.

3. What happens when the mother realizes she doesn't have her ticket?
(a) Those around her understand her situation so it is all right.
(b) They take her jewelry to pay for the ticket.
(c) She is kicked off the train with her baby.
(d) They tell her to run and get it from her husband, but to leave the baby on the train.

4. What does the grandfather give the boy for the first time at dinner on his first day of school?
(a) A journal.
(b) His own chopsticks.
(c) Rice wine.
(d) A revolver.

5. What is going to happen to the missionaries in Manchuria?
(a) They will all be evacuated.
(b) They will be asked to move to other parts within the country.
(c) They will be asked to bring more missionaries.
(d) They will be killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the other passengers react when the father is being questioned?

2. What happens when the teachers confront each other?

3. What does the maid call the boy?

4. What kind of faces does the boy who follows the author to school make?

5. What does the teacher tell the boy about how his father would react to the field trip?

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