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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yoko liken her blanket to?
(a) A pacifier in her mouth.
(b) An iron on her back.
(c) A necessary evil.
(d) A burden on her conscience.

2. What skill does Hideyo use to convince others that he is Korean?
(a) His knowledge of military tactics.
(b) His mastery of the Korean language.
(c) His ability to perform manual labor.
(d) His understanding of Communist ideology.

3. What does the group of four friends find when they return to their village?
(a) Their village has been burned to the ground.
(b) Their homes have been ransacked.
(c) Their village has been liberated.
(d) Their families are tied up.

4. Who do the Communists search for on the train?
(a) Deserters.
(b) Yoko.
(c) The family.
(d) Japanese.

5. What outrages Hideyo?
(a) The ignorance of the Russians.
(b) The disappearance of his friends.
(c) The cruelty of the Korean Communists.
(d) The loss of his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character becomes a friend of Yoko's family?

2. How does Yoko nearly reveal the family's hiding place in Chapter 2?

3. How does Yoko's family travel undetected?

4. How does Ko change her appearance?

5. What is a plausible explanation for the Russians not realizing that Hideyo and his friends were Japanese and not Korean?

(see the answer key)

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