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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is he upset about his lunch?
(a) It's never enough food.
(b) The other kids take it and always want him to share it.
(c) It makes him feel like a baby.
(d) It tastes gross.

3. What happens when the boy won't apologize?
(a) He is beaten with a bamboo stick.
(b) He is sent home in shame.
(c) His mouth is washed out with soap.
(d) He is told to write an essay on all he did wrong.

4. How does the grandmother react to the name situation?
(a) She thinks it's a fine idea.
(b) She doesn't think it's a good idea.
(c) She curses the Japanese.
(d) She is resigned to it.

5. What job is the boy given when his hands are bleeding and oozing?
(a) Gravel carrier.
(b) Water carrier.
(c) Shoveling.
(d) He is able to take the day off.

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

7. Who talks with the boy about the lunch issue?
(a) The father.
(b) The grandmother.
(c) The sister.
(d) The mother.

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

9. How does the boy initially feel about his own stubbornness?
(a) It terrifies him.
(b) It feels good.
(c) It feels strange.
(d) It surprises him.

10. What happens to the boy's uncle?
(a) He is killed by the Japanese.
(b) He protests against the boy's punishment
(c) He is sent to prison.
(d) He sneaks home to see the play.

11. 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.

12. How does the teacher respond to the boy's message?
(a) He refuses to talk with the boy.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He understands and signs the necessary paperwork.
(d) He strikes the boy.

13. What does the boy decide to do?
(a) He decides to try to escape.
(b) He decides to stay with his classmates.
(c) He decides to go home.
(d) He decides to wait a bit to see how the political situation develops.

14. 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.

15. What does the visitor tell the boy?
(a) The father is in prison.
(b) The school is sending more workers.
(c) The Japanese are losing, and the war is almost over.
(d) The grandfather is dead.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the grandmother put this in the lunch?

3. Who goes with the boy to get a new name?

4. How does the sister feel about the new baby?

5. Under what circumstances can parents visit during the week?

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