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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through An Empire for Rubber Balls.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What language do the students have to speak after third grade?
(a) English.
(b) Japanese.
(c) Korean.
(d) German.

2. With whom does the mother eat breakfast after she feeds five others?
(a) She eats alone.
(b) She eats with the grandparents.
(c) She eats with her husband.
(d) She eats with the maids.

3. Where is the mother supposed to stay?
(a) With some friends in the area.
(b) In the station house.
(c) On the train.
(d) At the police headquarters.

4. What do the Japanese check on a weekly basis?
(a) Food supplies.
(b) Preparedness.
(c) Class attendance.
(d) Household accounts.

5. How do the other passengers react when the father is being questioned?
(a) They push the inquisitors out of the compartment.
(b) They turn their heads and look away.
(c) They stand up and defend him.
(d) They ask why he is being questioned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is happening to the Koreans all around?

2. What happens when the boy won't apologize?

3. What does the boy do to the other boy who accuses him?

4. What happens when the mother realizes she doesn't have her ticket?

5. What does the boy's mother allow him to choose?

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