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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 is the view outside the classroom?
(a) All they see is the brick wall of the next building.
(b) They have no windows so they can't tell.
(c) It's beautiful.
(d) They look over the soldier's training ground.

2. What language do the students have to speak after third grade?
(a) German.
(b) Japanese.
(c) Korean.
(d) English.

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

4. What kind of new name do the people get?
(a) Names give to the guards by the spirits.
(b) Japanese names.
(c) Long, fancy names.
(d) Names that describe their personalities.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Pumpkin?

2. What does the map in the classroom depict?

3. What time of day is it when the mother waits?

4. Why is it particularly hurtful to the Koreans to lose their names?

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

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