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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the boy after the class leaves?
(a) He is beaten.
(b) He is sent to prison.
(c) Nothing.
(d) He is sent home with a note for his parents.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. For what does the teacher send the students home?
(a) A list of household members.
(b) Rubber balls.
(c) Money.
(d) They want to have a teacher's meeting.

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

13. With whom does the mother eat breakfast after she feeds five others?
(a) She eats with the grandparents.
(b) She eats with the maids.
(c) She eats with her husband.
(d) She eats alone.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the classmates think of the teacher who lives with them?

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

3. What are the students shoveling?

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

5. How is the boy's visitor dressed?

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