View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why doesn't the boy quit school?
(a) He loves it.
(b) He appreciates the education.
(c) He will be sent into the army.
(d) His father will have to report to the police weekly if he does.

3. What kind of new name do the people get?
(a) Names give to the guards by the spirits.
(b) Long, fancy names.
(c) Names that describe their personalities.
(d) Japanese names.

4. How does the boy feel about acting in the play?
(a) He can't wait.
(b) He is nervous.
(c) He is proud of his part.
(d) He doesn't want to do it.

5. What job is the boy given when his hands are bleeding and oozing?
(a) Water carrier.
(b) He is able to take the day off.
(c) Gravel carrier.
(d) Shoveling.

6. What does the visitor tell the boy?
(a) The father is in prison.
(b) The Japanese are losing, and the war is almost over.
(c) The school is sending more workers.
(d) The grandfather is dead.

7. What does the corporal ask the boy to do?
(a) Take a break.
(b) Fill his water bottle.
(c) Dig some more.
(d) Make the beds.

8. Under what circumstances can parents visit during the week?
(a) Emergency.
(b) If they have permission from the Inspector.
(c) Only if they are invited
(d) Any time.

9. What do the students do after work at night?
(a) They call home.
(b) They study.
(c) They sleep.
(d) They write letters.

10. What is the weather like when they are working?
(a) It is pouring rain.
(b) It is extremely windy.
(c) It is burning hot.
(d) It is freezing.

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

12. What does the teacher do after the war?
(a) He is part of a labor gang.
(b) He comes to the family for help.
(c) He becomes a teacher for Korea.
(d) Nothing. He is killed.

13. What are all the children in the Empire given when Japanese troops occupy Singapore, Malaya, and Borneo?
(a) Photographs of the emperor.
(b) Rubber balls.
(c) Statues of the emperor.
(d) Celebratory certificates.

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

15. How does the teacher respond to the boy's message?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He strikes the boy.
(c) He refuses to talk with the boy.
(d) He understands and signs the necessary paperwork.

Short Answer Questions

1. What health difficulties do they face?

2. What are all the people doing at the cemetery?

3. What are the students told about Germany?

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

5. With whom does the mother eat breakfast after she feeds five others?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 536 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample