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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. How does the mother react when the train starts moving?
(a) She starts running up and down the corridor looking for her husband.
(b) She faints.
(c) She starts screaming at the conductor.
(d) She gets off the train.

2. What kind of orchards does the family have?
(a) Walnut.
(b) Mangoe.
(c) Apple.
(d) Acai.

3. How does the boy feel about the situation of his world as he falls asleep on the Sunday?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He is happy.
(c) He is content.
(d) It makes him cry.

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

5. In what kind of drill do the upper-class school children participate?
(a) Drills with bamboo spears.
(b) Fire drills.
(c) Shooting drills.
(d) Bombing drills.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position do the classmates think the boy should take over?

2. Why does each class go to the shrine once a week?

3. Who takes his father off the train?

4. Who do the mother and father follow?

5. What language do the students have to speak after third grade?

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