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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does the visitor tell the boy?
(a) The Japanese are losing, and the war is almost over.
(b) The father is in prison.
(c) The school is sending more workers.
(d) The grandfather is dead.

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

8. What does the teacher in the sleeping quarters ask of the boy?
(a) He asks the boy for water.
(b) He asks the boy to help him sit up.
(c) He asks the boy to remember how he helped the boy when the war is over.
(d) He asks the boy to read for him.

9. What does the grandmother put in the boy's lunch that upsets him?
(a) Eggs.
(b) Peanut butter sandwiches.
(c) White rice.
(d) A note.

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

11. 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.

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

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

14. Who goes with the boy to get a new name?
(a) His sister.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) He goes alone.
(d) His father.

15. How does the father react when someone offers his spot on line to the father?
(a) He takes the spot as if he deserves it.
(b) He pretends that he doesn't hear the man.
(c) He thanks him and changes spots.
(d) He respectfully refuses to change spots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather like as they stand on line?

2. What does the boy decide to do?

3. What kind of play is the sixth grade putting on?

4. Who comes to visit the boy?

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

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