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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has the boy's father been taken?

2. What is each child in the school required to do?

3. What are all the people doing at the cemetery?

4. What does the corporal ask the boy to do?

5. What is the weather like as they stand on line?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why there are so many rubber balls in town.

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

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

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

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

6. Why are the people pouring rice wine on the graves?

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

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

9. What does she come to tell the boy?

10. The boy is having trouble with his collection. What is his dilemma, and with what solution does his grandmother come up?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The scene where the boy dragged himself to the performance is emotional on several levels. Explain how his family supported him, how he made his protest, and how he reacted emotionally when he started saying his lines. Why do you think he reacted like that?

Essay Topic 2

Explain what role the boy had to perform in the school play and how he felt about it. How did the Koreans in the town feel about it? How did his family feel about it?

Essay Topic 3

Describe what the Koreans were doing in the cemetery. How did the boy feel about the situation? How did his father feel about it?

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