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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One lesson learned by Hideyo in Chapter 4 could be summarized as:
(a) What goes around comes around.
(b) Duplicity is an effective way to deal with the enemy.
(c) Sometimes it is necessary to do awful things in order to survive.
(d) You never know who your friends are.

2. How long is the journey to Pusan by train?
(a) Three days.
(b) Five days.
(c) One week.
(d) A few hours.

3. What happens after the train is bombed?
(a) The family has to walk to Seoul.
(b) The family is taken hostage.
(c) The soldiers are killed.
(d) Family members are injured.

4. What does Yoko take from the trash?
(a) Paper.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Food.
(d) Pencils.

5. Why does Yoko speak slowly to the man with the stutter?
(a) Because he asks her to.
(b) Because she can't understand him.
(c) Because father once cured someone by doing this.
(d) Because he can't understand her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Korean Communists resent the Japanese?

2. Why is Mother disappointed in Ko?

3. What happens to the three soldiers when they confront Yoko's family?

4. Where do Yoko and family hide when they hear marching feet?

5. What is the first thing the family eats after four days of not eating anything?

(see the answer key)

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