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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 don't realize Hideyo was speaking Japanese.
(c) The Russians don't speak Korean so they didn't know any better.
(d) The Russians are too trusting of the enemy.

2. Who dies on the train?
(a) A baby.
(b) Father.
(c) Yoko.
(d) Mother.

3. Why can't Yoko go to the hotel alone?
(a) It is in a dangerous neighborhood.
(b) She doesn't know how to get back to the warehouse in the dark.
(c) The hotel staff won't let her in because she is so unkempt.
(d) Japanese women and girls are forbidden to visit a man in a hotel without a guardian.

4. One lesson learned by Hideyo in Chapter 4 could be summarized as:
(a) You never know who your friends are.
(b) Duplicity is an effective way to deal with the enemy.
(c) Sometimes it is necessary to do awful things in order to survive.
(d) What goes around comes around.

5. How much does the school cost per month?
(a) Thirty yen.
(b) It is free.
(c) One hundred yen.
(d) Fifty yen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which phrase best describes the family's mindset in Chapter 3?

2. Why does Mother ties strings to Yoko's and Ko's wrists?

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

4. What is Yoko's grade average at the end of the term?

5. How long has it been since Hideyo had eaten at the start of Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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