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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. Under what circumstances can parents visit during the week?

2. What job is the boy given when his hands are bleeding and oozing?

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

4. What does the boy decide to do?

5. How does the boy get home after his punishment?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens when the students have oozing blisters?

5. What does she come to tell the boy?

6. What is February like?

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

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

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

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

The Japanese teacher made comments which implied that he knew that if the boy left, things were going badly and the end was near. Why did he say that, and what was actually happening in Germany and Japan?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the conditions the students worked in when making the runways. Explain why they didn't just choose to leave school.

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