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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Yoko's family travel undetected?
(a) They hide on a train.
(b) They march among soldiers.
(c) They are protected by the doctor.
(d) They wear the uniforms of the dead soldiers.

2. Why does Mother ties strings to Yoko's and Ko's wrists?
(a) As a punishment.
(b) So they can't escape.
(c) So they don't lose each other.
(d) As part of a Japanese tradition.

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

4. Why is Mother disappointed in Ko?
(a) Because she did not obey Mother's requests.
(b) Because she doesn't respect her elders.
(c) Because she has become a liar and a thief.
(d) Because she isn't taking her studies seriously.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yoko do to one of the policemen?

2. Who is the only family member to make a convincing soldier?

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

4. How did Yoko's family prove that they were Japanese?

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

(see the answer key)

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