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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 do the inquisitors accuse the father of doing?
(a) Stealing some important papers.
(b) Murder.
(c) Spying.
(d) Sneaking out of the country.

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

3. What is the view outside the classroom?
(a) They have no windows so they can't tell.
(b) They look over the soldier's training ground.
(c) All they see is the brick wall of the next building.
(d) It's beautiful.

4. Where is the mother in February?
(a) At the market.
(b) In church.
(c) In Manchuria.
(d) With her parents.

5. Who do the mother and father follow?
(a) The ticket clerk.
(b) An old couple.
(c) The policeman.
(d) The conductor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives during the special dinner on the first day of school?

2. How does the boy get to school?

3. What happens to the students if they don't bow toward the Japanese Emperor?

4. How does the grandmother react to the name situation?

5. Why is it particularly hurtful to the Koreans to lose their names?

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