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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Is Someone Dying?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the restaurant owner react when the boy comes for food in costume?
(a) He is in awe of the creativity behind the costume.
(b) He says he'll help the boy with final touches on the costume.
(c) He tells the boy never to come back if he's dressed like that.
(d) He laughs at the silliness of it.

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

3. Why don't they wait for the next train?
(a) They are anxious to get to their destination.
(b) They don't know if it will come, and they need to leave the town.
(c) They think it would be quicker to take a bus.
(d) They are worried about who might be on that train.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the mother in February?

2. What changes are going to happen in school?

3. What do the classmates think of the teacher who lives with them?

4. Of what is the boy accused?

5. Where does the train stop?

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