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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. How does the teacher respond to the boy's message?

2. What happens to the boy after the class leaves?

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

4. What do the classmates think of the teacher who lives with them?

5. What does the teacher in the sleeping quarters ask of the boy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is February like?

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

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

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

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

8. What happens when the students have oozing blisters?

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

10. What is unusual about the mothers visit, and how does she get time with her son?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why was the Japanese teacher beating the boy? How did the boy's family react to the situation? How did his new friends react?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What was happening to the food supply of the Koreans? How did this affect the grandmother? How did the boy feel about it?

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