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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the police barge into the family's home and take in addition to mother's wedding ring?
(a) Books.
(b) Wire-rimmed glasses.
(c) Family heirlooms.
(d) Silver necklace.

2. In addition to food and supplies, what does Hideyo take?
(a) His family's heirlooms.
(b) His family's savings book.
(c) His father's gun.
(d) His family portrait.

3. Where does the family catch a train to?
(a) Seoul.
(b) Pusan.
(c) Nanam.
(d) Maizuru.

4. What news does the tall policeman deliver to Yoko's family?
(a) That their relatives had been killed.
(b) That atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
(c) That they would have to stay in Seoul indefinitely.
(d) That their native village was destroyed.

5. What is a plausible explanation for the Russians not realizing that Hideyo and his friends were Japanese and not Korean?
(a) The Russians may have assumed that Japanese and Koreans looked the same.
(b) The Russians are too trusting of the enemy.
(c) The Russians don't speak Korean so they didn't know any better.
(d) The Russians don't realize Hideyo was speaking Japanese.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mother disappointed in Ko?

2. How does Ko change her appearance?

3. Where are Yoko, Ko, and Mother located for most of Chapter 2?

4. Which theme emerges in Chapter 2?

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

(see the answer key)

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