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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the restaurant owner react when the boy comes for food in costume?
(a) He says he'll help the boy with final touches on the costume.
(b) He is in awe of the creativity behind the costume.
(c) He laughs at the silliness of it.
(d) He tells the boy never to come back if he's dressed like that.

2. What is the weather like as they stand on line?
(a) It's a warm, sunny day.
(b) It's freezing cold.
(c) It's sunny but chilly.
(d) It's raining torrentially.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does the mother eat breakfast after she feeds five others?

2. Why doesn't the boy quit school?

3. What does the teacher in the sleeping quarters ask of the boy?

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

5. Where is the mother in February?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the quandary the classmates are in when the teacher starts attacking the boy? How do they react, and what is the boy's response to them?

2. How does the boy get to the performance? What is his journey like?

3. Why are the people pouring rice wine on the graves?

4. Why does the grandmother insist on giving the boy white rice in his lunch?

5. How do the people in the town show the boy their support?

6. What is the class play about, and why does the boy get his part, according to the grandmother?

7. What is unusual about the mothers visit, and how does she get time with her son?

8. Why does the boy have to bring three logs to class, and how does it benefit him?

9. How do the students get to interact with their families?

10. What is February like?

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