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

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

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

4. How is the boy's visitor dressed?
(a) She is in traditional Korean garb.
(b) She is wearing Japanese-style women's pants.
(c) He is in full military regalia.
(d) He is wearing Japanese-style men's pants.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the grandmother put in the boy's lunch that upsets him?

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

3. What does the boy decide to do?

4. Under what circumstances can parents visit during the week?

5. How do the Koreans know the Americans won't bomb them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does she come to tell the boy?

2. What do the school children have to do when the boy is in his junior year?

3. Explain the significance behind the name the father chooses - Iwamoto.

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

5. What is the boy's condition when he arrives at his home?

6. What happens when the students have oozing blisters?

7. How does the teacher react to the boy's information?

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

9. What decision does the boy have to make, and what does he tell the Japanese teacher?

10. What is the students' living situation like?

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