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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 part does the boy have in the play?
(a) He is the clown.
(b) He is the suitor.
(c) He is the sun.
(d) He is a Japanese Lieutenant.

2. What are all the people doing at the cemetery?
(a) Putting flowers on the graves.
(b) Preparing their own graves.
(c) Apologizing to their ancestors.
(d) Saying prayers for the dead.

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

4. Where has the boy's father been taken?
(a) To a detention camp.
(b) To the police headquarters.
(c) To the market.
(d) To talk with the Emperor.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of play is the sixth grade putting on?

3. How often dothey get to see their families?

4. What happens to the boy during his punishment?

5. With whom does the mother eat breakfast after she feeds five others?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the students' living situation like?

5. What is the class play about, and why does the boy get his part, according to the grandmother?

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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