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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What food does Hideyo share with his friends?
(a) Cheese and crackers.
(b) To school.
(c) Fish and biscuits.
(d) Milk and cookies.

2. Why does Hideyo fail the written test for the military?
(a) He fails on purpose.
(b) He doesn't study.
(c) He can't read.
(d) He fails by accident.

3. What precious family treasure does Mother use in Chapter 3?
(a) Her ancestors' ceremonial robe.
(b) Her ancestors' short sword.
(c) Her ancestors' book of scriptures.
(d) Her ancestors' tea cup.

4. What does Yoko liken her blanket to?
(a) An iron on her back.
(b) A necessary evil.
(c) A burden on her conscience.
(d) A pacifier in her mouth.

5. How did Yoko's family prove that they were Japanese?
(a) By speaking Japanese.
(b) By showing the soldiers birth certificates.
(c) By showing the soldiers photos of their old village.
(d) By showing the soldiers report cards and insurance documents.

6. What were the Japanese required to surrender to Korean officials before boarding the ship to Japan?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Valuables.
(c) Food.
(d) Money.

7. What is the first thing the family eats after four days of not eating anything?
(a) Berries.
(b) Bread.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Rice.

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

9. What does father direct the family to do in the bamboo grove?
(a) Hide their valuables.
(b) Dig a shelter.
(c) Cut it down.
(d) Set it on fire.

10. What happens to Yoko in chapter three?
(a) She is cut.
(b) She loses her arm.
(c) Her ear is injured.
(d) She is separated from her family.

11. What job do Hideyo and his friends take?
(a) Disposing corpses of Japanese into Tanch'on Bay.
(b) Tutoring young Japanese students.
(c) Cleaning the soldiers' barracks.
(d) Cooking meals for the Communists.

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

13. Who do the Communists search for on the train?
(a) The family.
(b) Japanese.
(c) Yoko.
(d) Deserters.

14. What disease do the Korean Communists think mother has?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Autism.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Smallpox.

15. How long is the journey to Pusan by train?
(a) A few hours.
(b) Three days.
(c) One week.
(d) Five days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Yoko know will become an important figure in her life?

2. One lesson learned by Hideyo in Chapter 4 could be summarized as:

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

4. Where does the family follow the tracks to?

5. Which character is bandaged from head to toe?

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