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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 does the grandmother recommend they do when trying to fill the bag?
(a) She says to deflate the balls.
(b) She suggests that they make sure it doesn't get too heavy.
(c) She says to add sawdust.
(d) She recommends that they leave room to tie it off.

2. What does the ticket clerk tell the mother she should do?
(a) Go back home.
(b) Get on the next train.
(c) Search for her husband.
(d) Come inside.

3. What happens to the boy's uncle?
(a) He protests against the boy's punishment
(b) He is killed by the Japanese.
(c) He sneaks home to see the play.
(d) He is sent to prison.

4. What tip does the mother offer the boy regarding his ten minute speech?
(a) She reminds him not to mumble.
(b) She reminds him to use hand motions to make the speech more interesting.
(c) She reminds him that the speech is long and easy to forget.
(d) She reminds him to speak loudly.

5. Why is the father leaving the country?
(a) He is going to teach at a Christian school.
(b) He has been run out of his own hometown.
(c) He wants to learn about different cultures.
(d) He wants to start fresh.

Short Answer Questions

1. About whom is the boy thinking when he follows through with the tradition?

2. What happens to many delinquent Koreans?

3. What does the teacher tell the boy about how his father would react to the field trip?

4. What does the boy's sister want him to make her?

5. What does the boy's new name mean?

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