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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the teacher realize when the boy comes to talk with him?
(a) He realizes the war is over.
(b) The boy is now a man.
(c) He realizes that the boy is very ill.
(d) He realizes that he needs help sitting up.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What part does the boy have in the play?

2. How is the boy's visitor dressed?

3. How many students are working?

4. How does the grandmother react to the name situation?

5. What happens to the boy after the class leaves?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the students' living situation like?

2. What is the class play about, and why does the boy get his part, according to the grandmother?

3. What is unusual about the mothers visit, and how does she get time with her son?

4. What is the boy's condition when he arrives at his home?

5. Why does the boy have to bring three logs to class, and how does it benefit him?

6. What is February like?

7. What is the irony of the shrine that the children have to go to weekly?

8. How does the boy get to the performance? What is his journey like?

9. How do the students get to interact with their families?

10. How do the people in the town show the boy their support?

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