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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is each child in the school required to do?
(a) Write a poem for the Emperor.
(b) Eat breakfast at school.
(c) Make a wooden rifle.
(d) Write notes of encouragement to the Japanese soldiers.

2. How do the Koreans know the Americans won't bomb them?
(a) An American soldier comes to speak at an Assembly.
(b) The Americans have flown over and dropped leaflets.
(c) It is written in the newspapers.
(d) They don't.

3. What does the corporal ask the boy to do?
(a) Take a break.
(b) Make the beds.
(c) Fill his water bottle.
(d) Dig some more.

4. How does the father react when someone offers his spot on line to the father?
(a) He pretends that he doesn't hear the man.
(b) He takes the spot as if he deserves it.
(c) He thanks him and changes spots.
(d) He respectfully refuses to change spots.

5. Why doesn't the boy quit school?
(a) His father will have to report to the police weekly if he does.
(b) He loves it.
(c) He appreciates the education.
(d) He will be sent into the army.

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

7. How does the author feel about the month of February?
(a) It's a month of hope.
(b) It's a gloomy and cruel month.
(c) It's a month for reflection.
(d) It's a month for planning for spring.

8. How does the boy feel about acting in the play?
(a) He is nervous.
(b) He is proud of his part.
(c) He can't wait.
(d) He doesn't want to do it.

9. What does the teacher in the sleeping quarters ask of the boy?
(a) He asks the boy for water.
(b) He asks the boy to remember how he helped the boy when the war is over.
(c) He asks the boy to read for him.
(d) He asks the boy to help him sit up.

10. How often dothey get to see their families?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Daily.
(c) Once a month.
(d) Every other week.

11. What do the students do after work at night?
(a) They study.
(b) They sleep.
(c) They call home.
(d) They write letters.

12. What kind of new name do the people get?
(a) Names that describe their personalities.
(b) Long, fancy names.
(c) Japanese names.
(d) Names give to the guards by the spirits.

13. Why does each class go to the shrine once a week?
(a) To worship the Emperor.
(b) To confess their wrongdoings.
(c) To pray for the Empire.
(d) To worship their ancestors.

14. For what does the teacher send the students home?
(a) Money.
(b) A list of household members.
(c) They want to have a teacher's meeting.
(d) Rubber balls.

15. How does the restaurant owner react when the boy comes for food in costume?
(a) He says he'll help the boy with final touches on the costume.
(b) He tells the boy never to come back if he's dressed like that.
(c) He is in awe of the creativity behind the costume.
(d) He laughs at the silliness of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who talks with the boy about the lunch issue?

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

3. What does the boy's new name mean?

4. What tip does the mother offer the boy regarding his ten minute speech?

5. What are all the children in the Empire given when Japanese troops occupy Singapore, Malaya, and Borneo?

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