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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. Who talks with the boy about the lunch issue?

2. When the soldier asks if anyone is dying, how does the boy respond in his head?

3. For what does the teacher send the students home?

4. Why does the grandmother put this in the lunch?

5. How does the sister feel about the new baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What is February like?

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

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

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

6. What does she come to tell the boy?

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

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

9. What happens when the students have oozing blisters?

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

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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