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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Hideyo and his friends discover on the way to Seoul?
(a) That Japan has lost the war.
(b) That Japan won the war.
(c) That Father has been killed.
(d) That Korea has lost the war.

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

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

4. Which character is referred to as "honorable?"
(a) Hideyo.
(b) Yoko.
(c) Mother.
(d) Ko.

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

6. What outrages Hideyo?
(a) The loss of his family.
(b) The disappearance of his friends.
(c) The ignorance of the Russians.
(d) The cruelty of the Korean Communists.

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

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

9. Which character is bandaged from head to toe?
(a) Mr. Enomoto.
(b) Corporal Matsumura.
(c) Hideyo.
(d) Major Ryu.

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

11. What is Yoko given that she describes as a "precious treasure"?
(a) A bottle of milk.
(b) A piece of jewelry.
(c) Mother's short sword.
(d) Medicine.

12. Why do the soldiers quickly leave the boxcar in which Yoko, Ko, and Mother are located?
(a) They hear a riot in the next boxcar.
(b) They are afraid of catching a disease.
(c) They are summoned to the front of the train.
(d) They are under attack.

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

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

15. What does Ko see that makes her want the family to leave Seoul?
(a) Korean men raping a Japanese girl.
(b) Japanese refugees killing one another.
(c) Korean Communists beating her family.
(d) Russian soldiers killing Japanese civilians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character becomes a friend of Yoko's family?

2. What is located in Tanch'on?

3. What does Yoko's family learn once they arrive in Seoul?

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

5. How long does Yoko stay in the hospital tent?

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