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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hideyo fail the written test for the military?
(a) He can't read.
(b) He fails on purpose.
(c) He fails by accident.
(d) He doesn't study.

2. Which character is bandaged from head to toe?
(a) Hideyo.
(b) Mr. Enomoto.
(c) Corporal Matsumura.
(d) Major Ryu.

3. What risk do the nurse and medic take on the train bound for Seoul?
(a) They let the family go free.
(b) They lie about the condition of Yoko's family.
(c) They take Yoko and Ko into hiding.
(d) They provide the family with an alternate identity.

4. Where do Yoko and family hide when they hear marching feet?
(a) In the bamboo grove.
(b) In a warehouse.
(c) Among wild irises.
(d) Among the troops.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the soldiers quickly leave the boxcar in which Yoko, Ko, and Mother are located?

2. Who is the train station crowded with?

3. Why do the Korean Communists resent the Japanese?

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

5. Who dies on the train?

(see the answer key)

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