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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. Why is he upset about his lunch?
(a) The other kids take it and always want him to share it.
(b) It's never enough food.
(c) It makes him feel like a baby.
(d) It tastes gross.

2. How do the Koreans know the Americans won't bomb them?
(a) An American soldier comes to speak at an Assembly.
(b) The Americans have flown over and dropped leaflets.
(c) It is written in the newspapers.
(d) They don't.

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

4. What do the adults do while the boy is looking through books and magazines?
(a) They write political propoganda.
(b) They discuss books.
(c) They have coffee together.
(d) They whisper about the war.

5. What religion do the father and mother follow?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Taoism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the maid call the boy?

2. What is each child in the school required to do?

3. How does the father react when the Inspector tries to bring him to the front of the line?

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

5. What does the boy do to the other boy who accuses him?

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