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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Is Someone Dying?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the classmates think of the teacher who lives with them?
(a) He is a father figure to them.
(b) He is greatly respected.
(c) They don't respect him.
(d) They resent him.

2. What does the visitor bring the boy?
(a) Snacks.
(b) Sheets and underwear.
(c) Books.
(d) Bandages.

3. When the soldier asks if anyone is dying, how does the boy respond in his head?
(a) He thinks the Korean race is dying.
(b) He thinks to himself that the Japanese Empire is dying.
(c) He thinks that he is dying himself.
(d) He mentally laughs at the soldier's pretense of concern.

4. Who goes with the boy to get a new name?
(a) His sister.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His father.
(d) He goes alone.

5. Why are the Korean farmers limiting their crops?
(a) The Japanese are requisitioning their growth.
(b) They are tired of farming.
(c) They don't have the money to plant.
(d) It's a bad year.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does each class go to the shrine once a week?

2. Why doesn't the boy quit school?

3. Who talks with the boy about the lunch issue?

4. In what grade is the boy when they move back from Manchuria?

5. What does the visitor tell the boy?

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