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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through An Empire for Rubber Balls.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What changes are going to happen in school?
(a) The older students will be allowed to talk in Korean.
(b) The students are going to begin military training.
(c) The classes are going to be merged.
(d) All the classes are going to be taught in Japanese, even for the lower grades.

2. What does the teacher do when he sees the boy's sack?
(a) He punches the boy.
(b) He asks the boy how he found all the contents.
(c) He realizes that there is sawdust in it.
(d) He praises him for collecting so much.

3. Who meets the mother after several hours?
(a) The conductor, on his way back.
(b) The father.
(c) The ticket clerk.
(d) The police.

4. What does the grandmother give the boy to help him keep warm?
(a) A new jacket.
(b) Mittens.
(c) A scarf.
(d) A hot sweet potato.

5. How do the other passengers react when the father is being questioned?
(a) They ask why he is being questioned.
(b) They push the inquisitors out of the compartment.
(c) They turn their heads and look away.
(d) They stand up and defend him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the inquisitors accuse the father of doing?

2. What happens when the teachers confront each other?

3. How does the boy get to school?

4. What does the boy do when his mother tries to wake him up on Sundays?

5. How does the grandmother feel about food?

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