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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 can't wait.
(b) He doesn't want to do it.
(c) He is nervous.
(d) He is proud of his part.

2. Who comes to visit the boy?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) The priest.
(d) The Inspector.

3. What kind of play is the sixth grade putting on?
(a) One the students wrote themselves.
(b) A comedy.
(c) A romance.
(d) A war drama.

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

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

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

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

8. How does the boy's punishment affect the play?
(a) They haveto find someone else to do his part.
(b) He can't wear any makeup.
(c) It doesn't affect it at all.
(d) He can't walk so he has to do his part sitting down.

9. Why are the Korean farmers limiting their crops?
(a) They don't have the money to plant.
(b) It's a bad year.
(c) They are tired of farming.
(d) The Japanese are requisitioning their growth.

10. What does the grandmother recommend they do when trying to fill the bag?
(a) She recommends that they leave room to tie it off.
(b) She says to deflate the balls.
(c) She says to add sawdust.
(d) She suggests that they make sure it doesn't get too heavy.

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

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

13. How often dothey get to see their families?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Every other week.
(d) Daily.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is each child in the school required to do?

4. What health difficulties do they face?

5. How many students are working?

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