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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather like as they stand on line?

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

3. What does the boy decide to do?

4. How does the boy feel about acting in the play?

5. Why is it particularly hurtful to the Koreans to lose their names?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is February like?

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

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

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

5. What happens when the students have oozing blisters?

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

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

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

9. The boy is having trouble with his collection. What is his dilemma, and with what solution does his grandmother come up?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe what happened when the boy was listening to the radio with his grandparents. How did they react? How did the rest of the town react?

Essay Topic 2

The scene where the boy dragged himself to the performance is emotional on several levels. Explain how his family supported him, how he made his protest, and how he reacted emotionally when he started saying his lines. Why do you think he reacted like that?

Essay Topic 3

What was the boy expected to do on Sunday mornings that was different from what his parents had to do? What did he do that was different from the other students?

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