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

2. What changes are going to happen in school?
(a) The students are going to begin military training.
(b) The older students will be allowed to talk in Korean.
(c) The classes are going to be merged.
(d) All the classes are going to be taught in Japanese, even for the lower grades.

3. Where does the mother wait for the father?
(a) Inside the station house.
(b) On the train.
(c) In town.
(d) Outside the station house.

4. Where is the mother in February?
(a) In Manchuria.
(b) In church.
(c) At the market.
(d) With her parents.

5. Who arrives during the special dinner on the first day of school?
(a) The boy who makes faces.
(b) The police.
(c) The teacher.
(d) A missionary.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the mother feel about her new situation?

2. What part does the boy have in the play?

3. What do the Japanese check on a weekly basis?

4. What does the grandmother give the boy to help him keep warm?

5. Where does the family live during the summer?

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