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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Years later, what do they discover in the shrine?
(a) A sword.
(b) Their old names.
(c) A gold replica of the Emperor.
(d) Two sticks from a "sacred" tree.

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

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

5. What do the Japanese check on a weekly basis?
(a) Preparedness.
(b) Household accounts.
(c) Food supplies.
(d) Class attendance.

6. For what does the teacher ask the students?
(a) Food.
(b) Their new names.
(c) Money.
(d) Attention.

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

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

9. 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.

10. What does the boy decide to do?
(a) He decides to wait a bit to see how the political situation develops.
(b) He decides to go home.
(c) He decides to stay with his classmates.
(d) He decides to try to escape.

11. Why is he upset about his lunch?
(a) It's never enough food.
(b) It makes him feel like a baby.
(c) The other kids take it and always want him to share it.
(d) It tastes gross.

12. 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 that he is dying himself.
(d) He thinks to himself that the Japanese Empire is dying.

13. How does the sister feel about the new baby?
(a) She adores her.
(b) She is jealous of her.
(c) She doesn't like her.
(d) She never wants to be away from her.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the father react when the Inspector tries to bring him to the front of the line?

2. What job is the boy given when his hands are bleeding and oozing?

3. What does the teacher realize when the boy comes to talk with him?

4. How do the Koreans know the Americans won't bomb them?

5. How does the boy get home after his punishment?

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