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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job do Hideyo and his friends take?
(a) Cleaning the soldiers' barracks.
(b) Disposing corpses of Japanese into Tanch'on Bay.
(c) Tutoring young Japanese students.
(d) Cooking meals for the Communists.

2. When does the family travel?
(a) When no one is around.
(b) When people are rounded up by the soldiers.
(c) During the day.
(d) At night.

3. Why do the Korean Communists resent the Japanese?
(a) Because they believed in a different religion.
(b) Because they were under Japanese rule for so long.
(c) Because the Japanese killed so many Koreans in World War I.
(d) Because they were racists.

4. Which character becomes a friend of Yoko's family?
(a) Mr. Enomoto.
(b) Major Ryu.
(c) Corporal Matsumura.
(d) Mr. Fukui.

5. How long is the journey to Pusan by train?
(a) A few hours.
(b) One week.
(c) Five days.
(d) Three days.

Short Answer Questions

1. One lesson learned by Hideyo in Chapter 4 could be summarized as:

2. What does Yoko liken her blanket to?

3. What is Yoko given that she describes as a "precious treasure"?

4. What news does the tall policeman deliver to Yoko's family?

5. What food does Hideyo share with his friends?

(see the answer key)

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