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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the students do when the teacher dismissed them?
(a) They run out of the room as fast as they can.
(b) They sit and wait for the boy to dismiss them.
(c) They attack the teacher.
(d) They go off to get help.

2. How does the boy initially feel about his own stubbornness?
(a) It surprises him.
(b) It feels good.
(c) It terrifies him.
(d) It feels strange.

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

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

5. Who talks with the boy about the lunch issue?
(a) The grandmother.
(b) The father.
(c) The mother.
(d) The sister.

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

7. Where do the class members live?
(a) In a cabin.
(b) At the school.
(c) At the boy's house.
(d) In a tent.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. What happens to the boy's uncle?
(a) He is sent to prison.
(b) He sneaks home to see the play.
(c) He protests against the boy's punishment
(d) He is killed by the Japanese.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the boy's visitor dressed?

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

3. What do the Japanese check on a weekly basis?

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

5. What does the visitor tell the boy?

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