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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 do the students do when the teacher dismissed them?
(a) They run out of the room as fast as they can.
(b) They sit and wait for the boy to dismiss them.
(c) They go off to get help.
(d) They attack the teacher.

2. What is the weather like as they stand on line?
(a) It's freezing cold.
(b) It's raining torrentially.
(c) It's sunny but chilly.
(d) It's a warm, sunny day.

3. What is a big treat for the poor in the community?
(a) White rice.
(b) Going to school.
(c) Going to church.
(d) Kite-flying.

4. Why does each class go to the shrine once a week?
(a) To confess their wrongdoings.
(b) To worship the Emperor.
(c) To pray for the Empire.
(d) To worship their ancestors.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the mother feel even better about her situation?

2. Why does the grandmother put this in the lunch?

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

4. In what kind of drill do the upper-class school children participate?

5. What does the grandmother recommend they do when trying to fill the bag?

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