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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 is it particularly hurtful to the Koreans to lose their names?
(a) They can't pronounce the new names.
(b) They have great respect for their ancestors.
(c) They have lost everything else.
(d) They always have to do what the Japanese demand, and it's humiliating.

2. Years later, what do they discover in the shrine?
(a) A sword.
(b) A gold replica of the Emperor.
(c) Two sticks from a "sacred" tree.
(d) Their old names.

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

4. What happens when the boy won't apologize?
(a) He is beaten with a bamboo stick.
(b) He is sent home in shame.
(c) His mouth is washed out with soap.
(d) He is told to write an essay on all he did wrong.

5. What is each child in the school required to do?
(a) Make a wooden rifle.
(b) Eat breakfast at school.
(c) Write a poem for the Emperor.
(d) Write notes of encouragement to the Japanese soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't the boy quit school?

2. How does the author feel about the month of February?

3. What part does the boy have in the play?

4. How does the sister feel about the new baby?

5. How many students are working?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What happens when the students have oozing blisters?

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

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

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

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