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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. In what kind of drill do the upper-class school children participate?
(a) Fire drills.
(b) Bombing drills.
(c) Drills with bamboo spears.
(d) Shooting drills.

2. What does the boy do to the other boy who accuses him?
(a) He apologizes to him.
(b) He attacks him.
(c) He ignores him.
(d) He asks for proof.

3. What does the grandmother put in the boy's lunch that upsets him?
(a) Peanut butter sandwiches.
(b) Eggs.
(c) White rice.
(d) A note.

4. Where does the teacher take the boy?
(a) To the field.
(b) To a disciplinary room in the school.
(c) To a Chinese restaurant.
(d) To the beach.

5. What do the Japanese check on a weekly basis?
(a) Food supplies.
(b) Preparedness.
(c) Household accounts.
(d) Class attendance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who meets the mother after several hours?

2. What happens to the boy's uncle?

3. How does the boy's punishment affect the play?

4. Why don't they wait for the next train?

5. What happens to many delinquent Koreans?

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