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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the Korean farmers limiting their crops?
(a) The Japanese are requisitioning their growth.
(b) They don't have the money to plant.
(c) It's a bad year.
(d) They are tired of farming.

2. Who talks with the boy about the lunch issue?
(a) The sister.
(b) The father.
(c) The grandmother.
(d) The mother.

3. 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 tells the boy never to come back if he's dressed like that.
(c) He says he'll help the boy with final touches on the costume.
(d) He laughs at the silliness of it.

4. How does the author feel about the month of February?
(a) It's a gloomy and cruel month.
(b) It's a month for planning for spring.
(c) It's a month of hope.
(d) It's a month for reflection.

5. Why does each class go to the shrine once a week?
(a) To worship their ancestors.
(b) To confess their wrongdoings.
(c) To pray for the Empire.
(d) To worship the Emperor.

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

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

8. 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 recommends that they leave room to tie it off.
(d) She says to add sawdust.

9. What kind of play is the sixth grade putting on?
(a) A romance.
(b) A war drama.
(c) A comedy.
(d) One the students wrote themselves.

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

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

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

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

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

15. Who comes to visit the boy?
(a) The Inspector.
(b) The priest.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the students told about Germany?

3. For what does the teacher send the students home?

4. What does the teacher do when he sees the boy's sack?

5. How does the boy feel about acting in the play?

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