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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) Sneaking out of the country.
(c) Spying.
(d) Murder.

2. What does the boy do to the other boy who accuses him?
(a) He attacks him.
(b) He apologizes to him.
(c) He ignores him.
(d) He asks for proof.

3. Who does the Inspector claim to be?
(a) The best policeman in the country.
(b) A Korean teacher.
(c) A friend of the boy's uncle.
(d) A friend of the boy's father.

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

5. Why are the Korean farmers limiting their crops?
(a) They don't have the money to plant.
(b) The Japanese are requisitioning their growth.
(c) It's a bad year.
(d) They are tired of farming.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the grandmother put in the boy's lunch that upsets him?

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

3. Where does the train stop?

4. What does the teacher do when he sees the boy's sack?

5. What does the boy do that surprises the audience at the play?

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