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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 does the visitor bring the boy?

2. Who talks with the boy about the lunch issue?

3. What is each child in the school required to do?

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

5. How does the restaurant owner react when the boy comes for food in costume?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does she come to tell the boy?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the scene in the detention camp. What was the father concerned about, and how did he plan to deal with it? What actually happened?

Essay Topic 2

Explain what role the boy had to perform in the school play and how he felt about it. How did the Koreans in the town feel about it? How did his family feel about it?

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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