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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives the family some difficulty?
(a) The nurse.
(b) The pregnant woman.
(c) The stationmaster.
(d) The doctor.

2. What does the train stop to get?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) More prisoners.
(c) Coal and water.
(d) Food.

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

4. Who is the train station crowded with?
(a) Immigrants.
(b) The sick and wounded.
(c) Japanese people.
(d) Soldiers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the family feel when Hideyo fails his written exam for the military?

2. Who is a bigger threat to Yoko and her family?

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

4. What does Hideyo do instead of going to war?

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

(see the answer key)

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