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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which theme emerges in Chapter 2?
(a) Racism can be overcome.
(b) The family's poverty cannot be overcome.
(c) The family's kindness to others is repaid.
(d) Education is the key to success.

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

3. Who does Yoko know will become an important figure in her life?
(a) Corporal Matsumura.
(b) Hideyo.
(c) Ko.
(d) Mr. Fukui.

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

5. What do the police barge into the family's home and take in addition to mother's wedding ring?
(a) Wire-rimmed glasses.
(b) Family heirlooms.
(c) Silver necklace.
(d) Books.

6. How does Yoko nearly reveal the family's hiding place in Chapter 2?
(a) By crying.
(b) By throwing up.
(c) By sneezing.
(d) By tripping.

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

8. Who do Hideyo and his friends encounter on their journey towards Seoul?
(a) Two refugees.
(b) Two Korean Communists.
(c) Two girls.
(d) Two Russian soldiers.

9. When does the family travel?
(a) At night.
(b) When people are rounded up by the soldiers.
(c) During the day.
(d) When no one is around.

10. How long does Yoko stay in the hospital tent?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) A month.
(c) Overnight.
(d) Ten days.

11. What does Hideyo do instead of going to war?
(a) Goes to America.
(b) Goes to school.
(c) Goes to jail.
(d) Goes to work in the factory.

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

13. Where do Yoko and family hide when they hear marching feet?
(a) In the bamboo grove.
(b) In a warehouse.
(c) Among the troops.
(d) Among wild irises.

14. Where does the family catch a train to?
(a) Nanam.
(b) Pusan.
(c) Seoul.
(d) Maizuru.

15. Even though it is against the law, what do the planes do?
(a) They attack Seoul.
(b) They fly through a no-fly zone.
(c) They bomb the train.
(d) They fly prisoners across international borders.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a plausible explanation for the Russians not realizing that Hideyo and his friends were Japanese and not Korean?

2. Why is Mother disappointed in Ko?

3. Why do the Korean Communists stage a raid at Hideyo's workplace?

4. What does Yoko study at school in addition to calligraphy and Japanese dancing?

5. Who gives the family some difficulty?

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