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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. 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 will be sent into the army.
(d) He appreciates the education.

2. What do the students do after work at night?
(a) They sleep.
(b) They study.
(c) They call home.
(d) They write letters.

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

4. What does the boy's new name mean?
(a) Plant grower.
(b) Rock-foundation.
(c) One of wealth.
(d) Great hunter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what kind of drill do the upper-class school children participate?

2. What does the corporal ask the boy to do?

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

4. How does the father react when the Inspector tries to bring him to the front of the line?

5. Where does the father get his inspiration for the name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is February like?

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

3. Why does the boy have an issue with his white rice?

4. 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?

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

6. Why is the morning in the household hectic? Describe the breakfast schedule.

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

8. Why does the father wear traditional Korean clothing and a black armband to go change his name?

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

10. What is the irony of the shrine that the children have to go to weekly?

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