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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the boy initially feel about his own stubbornness?
(a) It surprises him.
(b) It feels strange.
(c) It terrifies him.
(d) It feels good.

3. What are the students shoveling?
(a) They are working on a runway.
(b) They are digging for landscaping around the school.
(c) They are digging to make a vegetable garden.
(d) They are digging graves.

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

5. How do the Koreans know the Americans won't bomb them?
(a) They don't.
(b) The Americans have flown over and dropped leaflets.
(c) It is written in the newspapers.
(d) An American soldier comes to speak at an Assembly.

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

7. How does the father react when the Inspector tries to bring him to the front of the line?
(a) He ignores the Inspector.
(b) He says he will fight to stay in his spot.
(c) The father goes with him.
(d) He respectfully refuses.

8. What are the students told about Germany?
(a) They are told that Germany is giving Japan more munitions.
(b) They are told that Germany has surrendered.
(c) They are told nothing about a surrender.
(d) They are told that America has joined forces with Germany.

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

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

11. How many students are working?
(a) Between 400 and 500.
(b) 2000.
(c) 20-30.
(d) Five of the top students.

12. Where do the class members live?
(a) In a cabin.
(b) In a tent.
(c) At the school.
(d) At the boy's house.

13. When the soldier asks if anyone is dying, how does the boy respond in his head?
(a) He mentally laughs at the soldier's pretense of concern.
(b) He thinks the Korean race is dying.
(c) He thinks to himself that the Japanese Empire is dying.
(d) He thinks that he is dying himself.

14. What part does the boy have in the play?
(a) He is a Japanese Lieutenant.
(b) He is the sun.
(c) He is the suitor.
(d) He is the clown.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to visit the boy?

2. What happens when the boy won't apologize?

3. What do the students do when the teacher dismissed them?

4. What are all the children in the Empire given when Japanese troops occupy Singapore, Malaya, and Borneo?

5. How does the restaurant owner react when the boy comes for food in costume?

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