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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. Why doesn't the boy quit school?

2. What does the teacher do after the war?

3. What kind of new name do the people get?

4. Who does the Inspector claim to be?

5. How does the father react when someone offers his spot on line to the father?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happened politically in August of 1939 that changed the map, and what did this signify? How did the teacher react to the change?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the conditions the students worked in when making the runways. Explain why they didn't just choose to leave school.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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