2. What does Ko help Yoko do after they begin walking along the tracks to Seoul?
(a) Go into hiding.
(b) Learn to read.
(c) Cross a river.
(d) Bandage herself.

3. How many days has the family been walking the tracks by the end of Chapter 3?
(a) 11.
(b) 10.
(c) 13.
(d) 9.

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

5. Why do the Korean Communists stage a raid at Hideyo's workplace?
(a) To steal military secrets.
(b) To kill Japanese youth.
(c) To recruit new soldiers.
(d) To take supplies.

6. In addition to food and supplies, what does Hideyo take?
(a) His family portrait.
(b) His family's heirlooms.
(c) His family's savings book.
(d) His father's gun.

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

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

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

10. 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) Books.
(d) Silver necklace.

11. What happens after the train is bombed?
(a) Family members are injured.
(b) The family is taken hostage.
(c) The soldiers are killed.
(d) The family has to walk to Seoul.

12. What risk do the nurse and medic take on the train bound for Seoul?
(a) They provide the family with an alternate identity.
(b) They lie about the condition of Yoko's family.
(c) They take Yoko and Ko into hiding.
(d) They let the family go free.

13. What is Hideyo packing into metal-lined wooden boxes at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) Canteens.
(b) Food.
(c) Grenades.
(d) Machine guns.

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

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