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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 when they are working?

2. What does the teacher realize when the boy comes to talk with him?

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

4. How does the grandmother react to the name situation?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The teacher told the students to leave school to get a new name. Explain why this was a significant event and how the Koreans responded to it.

Essay Topic 2

Explain in great detail why the Japanese were so interested in the boy's father. Explain why he was imprisoned and why he was interrogated. How did this make the Koreans feel about him?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the Japanese influence in the school. How did it affect the students' school day? How did it affect the boy personally?

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