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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Once upon aTime, on a Sunday.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About whom is the boy thinking when he follows through with the tradition?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) The boy who makes faces.
(d) His friends in Manchuria.

2. Of what is everyone aware?
(a) They are on the cusp of war.
(b) The Koreans are rising in power.
(c) The missionaries are getting too pushy.
(d) There are too many cultures intermixing.

3. What position do the classmates think the boy should take over?
(a) Quarterback.
(b) Class leader.
(c) First baseman.
(d) Class negotiator.

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

5. What does the ticket clerk tell the mother she should do?
(a) Go back home.
(b) Come inside.
(c) Get on the next train.
(d) Search for her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the train stop?

2. What is the teacher doing after the bookshop experience that makes the boy comment to his father?

3. How does the grandmother feel about food?

4. What does the grandfather say that the Japanese can't take away?

5. How old is the author in 1933?

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