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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is he upset about his lunch?

3. What are the students shoveling?

4. How does the teacher respond to the boy's message?

5. What does the grandmother give the boy to help him keep warm?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the significance behind the name the father chooses - Iwamoto.

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

3. Why is the morning in the household hectic? Describe the breakfast schedule.

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

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

6. What is February like?

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

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

9. Why does the father wear traditional Korean clothing and a black armband to go change his name?

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

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