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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. When the soldier asks if anyone is dying, how does the boy respond in his head?
(a) He thinks the Korean race is dying.
(b) He thinks to himself that the Japanese Empire is dying.
(c) He mentally laughs at the soldier's pretense of concern.
(d) He thinks that he is dying himself.

2. What does the corporal ask the boy to do?
(a) Fill his water bottle.
(b) Dig some more.
(c) Make the beds.
(d) Take a break.

3. How do the Koreans know the Americans won't bomb them?
(a) The Americans have flown over and dropped leaflets.
(b) It is written in the newspapers.
(c) They don't.
(d) An American soldier comes to speak at an Assembly.

4. What does the teacher do when he sees the boy's sack?
(a) He realizes that there is sawdust in it.
(b) He praises him for collecting so much.
(c) He asks the boy how he found all the contents.
(d) He punches the boy.

5. What tip does the mother offer the boy regarding his ten minute speech?
(a) She reminds him not to mumble.
(b) She reminds him that the speech is long and easy to forget.
(c) She reminds him to speak loudly.
(d) She reminds him to use hand motions to make the speech more interesting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes with the boy to get a new name?

2. How many students are working?

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

4. Of what is the boy accused?

5. What do the students do after work at night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the students have oozing blisters?

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

3. 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?

4. What is the students' living situation like?

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

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

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

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

9. What is February like?

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

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