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

2. Why does the grandmother put this in the lunch?
(a) Because it's tradition.
(b) To make him grow big and strong.
(c) To tease him.
(d) It's her way of showing love.

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

4. What does the visitor bring the boy?
(a) Snacks.
(b) Books.
(c) Sheets and underwear.
(d) Bandages.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the teacher do when he sees the boy's sack?

2. How does the grandmother react to the name situation?

3. How is the boy's visitor dressed?

4. How does the teacher respond to the boy's message?

5. What are all the people doing at the cemetery?

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. Explain why there are so many rubber balls in town.

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

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

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

6. What is February like?

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

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

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

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

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