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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the train ride, what happens?
(a) The soldiers beat the passengers.
(b) The pregnant woman gives birth.
(c) The passengers are forbidden to talk.
(d) The family gets separated.

2. How has the janitor at Yoko's school changed in Chapter 8?
(a) His stutter is worse.
(b) He goes mute.
(c) He begins to sing.
(d) He begins to speak more fluently.

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

4. What change in Yoko's and Ko's behavior does Mother insist on so that their identity will not be discovered while waiting at the Seoul train station?
(a) That they urinate like men.
(b) That they pretend to be soldiers.
(c) That they speak only Korean.
(d) That they taunt other Japanese.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Hideyo and his friends encounter on their journey towards Seoul?

2. What happens to the three soldiers when they confront Yoko's family?

3. What does the note say that Yoko gives the corporal?

4. In Chapter 7, what does Yoko see for the first time once in Japan?

5. Where does the family follow the tracks to?

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