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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the boy going with his father after church?
(a) Hiking.
(b) The bookstore.
(c) To a restaurant.
(d) Fishing.

2. What is going to happen to the missionaries in Manchuria?
(a) They will all be evacuated.
(b) They will be killed.
(c) They will be asked to bring more missionaries.
(d) They will be asked to move to other parts within the country.

3. How does the grandmother feel about food?
(a) She hates cooking.
(b) She makes a feast, thinking there's never enough for everyone.
(c) She feels that a diet should be simple yet solid.
(d) She will only make traditional dishes.

4. What happens when the mother realizes she doesn't have her ticket?
(a) She is kicked off the train with her baby.
(b) Those around her understand her situation so it is all right.
(c) They take her jewelry to pay for the ticket.
(d) They tell her to run and get it from her husband, but to leave the baby on the train.

5. Why is it particularly hurtful to the Koreans to lose their names?
(a) They can't pronounce the new names.
(b) They have lost everything else.
(c) They have great respect for their ancestors.
(d) They always have to do what the Japanese demand, and it's humiliating.

Short Answer Questions

1. Years later, what do they discover in the shrine?

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

3. How are they going to arrive at their destination?

4. What kind of faces does the boy who follows the author to school make?

5. Why doesn't the boy quit school?

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