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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What theme does the story allude to?
(a) War is often the result of a misunderstanding.
(b) Persecution is a natural result of prejudice.
(c) Kind acts are rarely repaid.
(d) Atrocities are an unavoidable result of war.

2. Why do the soldiers quickly leave the boxcar in which Yoko, Ko, and Mother are located?
(a) They are summoned to the front of the train.
(b) They are afraid of catching a disease.
(c) They hear a riot in the next boxcar.
(d) They are under attack.

3. Who has landed near Nanan?
(a) The Koreans.
(b) The Russians.
(c) The British.
(d) The Americans.

4. What news does Yoko's teacher, Mr. Enomoto deliver to the class?
(a) That the war is over.
(b) That Tokyo had been bombed.
(c) That Nanan is under attack.
(d) That Manchuria must be evacuated.

5. Who is a bigger threat to Yoko and her family?
(a) The British.
(b) The Russians.
(c) The Japanese.
(d) The Korean Communists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives the family some difficulty?

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

3. Why does Hideyo fail the written test for the military?

4. What does the train stop to get?

5. Why do the Korean Communists resent the Japanese?

(see the answer key)

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