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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the father get his inspiration for the name?
(a) From his father.
(b) From the Holy Bible.
(c) From their orchards.
(d) From the boy's hunting lessons.

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

3. What does the boy's sister want him to make her?
(a) Ice skates.
(b) A fort.
(c) A doll.
(d) Breakfast.

4. What does the grandmother give the boy to help him keep warm?
(a) A hot sweet potato.
(b) A scarf.
(c) A new jacket.
(d) Mittens.

5. What does the boy do that surprises the audience at the play?
(a) He protests the fact that someone is playing his part.
(b) He lashes out at the Japanese from stage.
(c) He shows up even though he has beenseverely beaten and can hardly stand.
(d) He performs flawlessly.

6. What happens to the boy during his punishment?
(a) He loses control and lashes out at the Japanese.
(b) He passes out.
(c) He realizes he should have apologized.
(d) He is rescued by his fellow students.

7. What does the teacher do when he sees the boy's sack?
(a) He praises him for collecting so much.
(b) He asks the boy how he found all the contents.
(c) He punches the boy.
(d) He realizes that there is sawdust in it.

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

9. What are all the people doing at the cemetery?
(a) Saying prayers for the dead.
(b) Putting flowers on the graves.
(c) Preparing their own graves.
(d) Apologizing to their ancestors.

10. What is the weather like as they stand on line?
(a) It's a warm, sunny day.
(b) It's raining torrentially.
(c) It's sunny but chilly.
(d) It's freezing cold.

11. Why does the grandmother put this in the lunch?
(a) It's her way of showing love.
(b) Because it's tradition.
(c) To tease him.
(d) To make him grow big and strong.

12. How does the grandmother react to the name situation?
(a) She doesn't think it's a good idea.
(b) She curses the Japanese.
(c) She thinks it's a fine idea.
(d) She is resigned to it.

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is he upset about his lunch?

2. How does the sister feel about the new baby?

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

4. What does the grandmother recommend they do when trying to fill the bag?

5. What does the boy's new name mean?

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