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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What age is Yoko at the start of the story?
(a) 10.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 12.

2. Who do the police call to help Yoko and Ko now that they are on their own in Chapter 8?
(a) Hideyo.
(b) The Korean Communists.
(c) Father.
(d) The funeral service.

3. What does Ko miss about the train station?
(a) The smell.
(b) The people.
(c) The sounds.
(d) The clock.

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 speak only Korean.
(b) That they taunt other Japanese.
(c) That they urinate like men.
(d) That they pretend to be soldiers.

5. What risk do the nurse and medic take on the train bound for Seoul?
(a) They let the family go free.
(b) They lie about the condition of Yoko's family.
(c) They provide the family with an alternate identity.
(d) They take Yoko and Ko into hiding.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the train ride, what happens?

2. How does Yoko's family survive?

3. What is on the bulletin board on Yoko's fifth day of school?

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

5. Who of the following characters hides successfully with Hideyo?

(see the answer key)

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