So Far from the Bamboo Grove Test | Final Test - Hard

Yoko Kawashima Watkins
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 132 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

So Far from the Bamboo Grove Test | Final Test - Hard

Yoko Kawashima Watkins
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 132 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 is the red light that Hideyo sees coming from?

2. What predicament does Yoko face after being enrolled in school for a few months?

3. Who do the police call to help Yoko and Ko now that they are on their own in Chapter 8?

4. What does Hideyo consider taking from the dead soldier?

5. What is the title of Yoko's work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What motivates Hideyo to press on as he struggles through the storm?

2. What role do Ko and Yoko play in Mother's death ritual?

3. In order to survive for as long as Hideyo has in the conditions he has endured, what character traits do you think he possesses?

4. Do you think the geese Hideyo sees flying are a symbol of anything? If so, what?

5. How would you characterize Yoko's classmates' experience during the final months of the war based on the way she is received?

6. Despite their destitute situation, how does Ko see things in a positive light?

7. Why do you think Yoko titled her essay, "Understanding?"

8. What are the physical and psychological obstacles facing Hideyo in Chapter 6?

9. Why do you think that mother insists that Yoko and Ko continue their education?

10. What rituals and traditions do Yoko and Ko perform in honor of New Year's? What significance do they have?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Upon learning that her story would be published, Yoko said, "I competed against life and death when young. And I won." Choose three critical turning points in the story in which Yoko had to compete "against life and death" and describe how she emerged victorious.

Essay Topic 2

War is a time when man's inhumanity to man emerges. Cite three examples in the book when humanity reigned in the face of adversity.

Essay Topic 3

How do the main characters deal with the tragedies and atrocities inherently related to war?

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