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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ko manage to get from the farmer by speaking to him in Korean?
(a) Rice and eggs.
(b) Corn and tomatoes.
(c) Wheat and barley.
(d) Grain and rice.

3. What does Ko help Yoko do after they begin walking along the tracks to Seoul?
(a) Bandage herself.
(b) Learn to read.
(c) Cross a river.
(d) Go into hiding.

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

5. Who is the only family member to make a convincing soldier?
(a) Ko.
(b) Mother.
(c) Hideyo.
(d) Yoko.

Short Answer Questions

1. What age is Yoko at the start of the story?

2. What does Yoko liken her blanket to?

3. What does Ko make out of rope for Yoko?

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

5. How many days has the family been walking the tracks by the end of Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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