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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Is Someone Dying?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the boy do that surprises the audience at the play?
(a) He performs flawlessly.
(b) He lashes out at the Japanese from stage.
(c) He shows up even though he has beenseverely beaten and can hardly stand.
(d) He protests the fact that someone is playing his part.

2. What do the students do when the teacher dismissed them?
(a) They run out of the room as fast as they can.
(b) They attack the teacher.
(c) They go off to get help.
(d) They sit and wait for the boy to dismiss them.

3. What happens to the boy after the class leaves?
(a) Nothing.
(b) He is sent home with a note for his parents.
(c) He is sent to prison.
(d) He is beaten.

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

5. Why is it particularly hurtful to the Koreans to lose their names?
(a) They have great respect for their ancestors.
(b) They have lost everything else.
(c) They always have to do what the Japanese demand, and it's humiliating.
(d) They can't pronounce the new names.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bothers the boy as he looks around at his friends who are playing?

2. What happens to many who make the crossing?

3. What does the boy's sister want him to make her?

4. Years later, what do they discover in the shrine?

5. What kind of orchards does the family have?

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