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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the Inspector claim to be?
(a) A friend of the boy's uncle.
(b) A Korean teacher.
(c) A friend of the boy's father.
(d) The best policeman in the country.

2. Of what is the boy accused?
(a) Disobedience and voicing dangerous thoughts.
(b) Being too sassy.
(c) Being too obstinant.
(d) Being too smart.

3. What does the teacher realize when the boy comes to talk with him?
(a) The boy is now a man.
(b) He realizes the war is over.
(c) He realizes that the boy is very ill.
(d) He realizes that he needs help sitting up.

4. What happens when the boy won't apologize?
(a) He is told to write an essay on all he did wrong.
(b) He is beaten with a bamboo stick.
(c) He is sent home in shame.
(d) His mouth is washed out with soap.

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

6. What does the visitor bring the boy?
(a) Bandages.
(b) Snacks.
(c) Sheets and underwear.
(d) Books.

7. 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.

8. For what does the teacher send the students home?
(a) A list of household members.
(b) Rubber balls.
(c) They want to have a teacher's meeting.
(d) Money.

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

10. How is the boy's visitor dressed?
(a) She is in traditional Korean garb.
(b) He is wearing Japanese-style men's pants.
(c) She is wearing Japanese-style women's pants.
(d) He is in full military regalia.

11. How does the boy get home after his punishment?
(a) He is carried home by someone who finds him.
(b) By ox cart.
(c) By bus.
(d) His mother comes and picks him up.

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

13. What health difficulties do they face?
(a) Dysentery and diarrhea.
(b) Sunburns and fevers.
(c) Radiation exposure.
(d) Constant nausea from the fumes.

14. What is each child in the school required to do?
(a) Eat breakfast at school.
(b) Write notes of encouragement to the Japanese soldiers.
(c) Make a wooden rifle.
(d) Write a poem for the Emperor.

15. Where has the boy's father been taken?
(a) To a detention camp.
(b) To the police headquarters.
(c) To talk with the Emperor.
(d) To the market.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to visit the boy?

2. Why are the Korean farmers limiting their crops?

3. Why does the grandmother put this in the lunch?

4. How does the boy initially feel about his own stubbornness?

5. What do the students do after work at night?

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