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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 are the Korean farmers limiting their crops?

2. What does the boy decide to do?

3. Who does the Inspector claim to be?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

7. What happens when the students have oozing blisters?

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

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

10. What is the boy's condition when he arrives at his home?

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

Describe the events that occurred in the book store. Who was there? What did they talk about? What changes did the boy observe in his teacher?

Essay Topic 3

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

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