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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which theme emerges in Chapter 2?
(a) Racism can be overcome.
(b) The family's kindness to others is repaid.
(c) The family's poverty cannot be overcome.
(d) Education is the key to success.

2. Who does Yoko know will become an important figure in her life?
(a) Hideyo.
(b) Ko.
(c) Mr. Fukui.
(d) Corporal Matsumura.

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

4. How many days has the family been walking the tracks by the end of Chapter 3?
(a) 11.
(b) 10.
(c) 9.
(d) 13.

5. Which family member is injured by an explosion in Chapter 3?
(a) Hideyo.
(b) Ko.
(c) Yoko.
(d) Father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does father direct the family to do in the bamboo grove?

2. What theme does the story allude to?

3. Where do Hideyo's friends go once they reach Wonsan?

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

5. What disease do the Korean Communists think mother has?

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