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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yoko study at school in addition to calligraphy and Japanese dancing?
(a) Mythology.
(b) History.
(c) Religion.
(d) Tea ceremonies.

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

3. Why does Yoko's family live in Korea?
(a) The family was exiled.
(b) Father is a native Korean.
(c) The family was in hiding.
(d) Father works for the government in Manchuria.

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

5. How do Ko and Yoko leave word for Hideyo?
(a) By calling the factory where he worked.
(b) By leaving a message with the stationmaster.
(c) By carving messages into the station posts.
(d) By asking a friend to deliver the message.

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

7. What does Ko give the man who helps them get aboard the train?
(a) Money.
(b) A cheese sandwich.
(c) Roasted corn.
(d) A watch.

8. Where does Ko find food for the family?
(a) In the hotel garbage.
(b) On the train.
(c) At the hospital.
(d) In someone's bag.

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

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

11. What does Ko call Yoko?
(a) Dear.
(b) Sis.
(c) Little one.
(d) Shorty.

12. What is stolen from Hideyo's room at home?
(a) A book, a painting, and a gun.
(b) A record player, a mirror, and clothes.
(c) A mirror, a book, and a gun.
(d) A clock, a radio, and clothes.

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

14. What does Yoko's family learn once they arrive in Seoul?
(a) That they cannot leave Korea.
(b) That Hideyo is dead.
(c) That the war is over.
(d) That their home has been robbed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Yoko's teacher, Mr. Enomoto deliver to the class?

2. What is Dr. Takeda's connection to Yoko's family?

3. Which character is referred to as "honorable?"

4. Why is Yoko's family sprayed with chemicals?

5. Which character is bandaged from head to toe?

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