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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children will the mother teach?
(a) About 50.
(b) About 25.
(c) Three.
(d) About 12.

2. What are all the children in the Empire given when Japanese troops occupy Singapore, Malaya, and Borneo?
(a) Celebratory certificates.
(b) Statues of the emperor.
(c) Photographs of the emperor.
(d) Rubber balls.

3. What does the teacher tell the boy about how his father would react to the field trip?
(a) He wouldn't have approved.
(b) He would have thought it was a waste of time.
(c) He would have wished that he could be there, too.
(d) He would have thought the trip was extremely valuable.

4. What does the grandfather give the boy for the first time at dinner on his first day of school?
(a) Rice wine.
(b) His own chopsticks.
(c) A journal.
(d) A revolver.

5. In what activity do the boys plan to participate during the afternoon?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Kite-flying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather like as they stand on line?

2. How does the restaurant owner react when the boy comes for food in costume?

3. Of what is the boy accused?

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

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

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