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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) The family's kindness to others is repaid.
(b) Racism can be overcome.
(c) The family's poverty cannot be overcome.
(d) Education is the key to success.

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

3. Who has landed near Nanan?
(a) The Russians.
(b) The Americans.
(c) The British.
(d) The Koreans.

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

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

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

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

8. What does Ko make out of rope for Yoko?
(a) A pulley.
(b) A tie.
(c) A belt.
(d) Suspenders.

9. Who is the only family member to make a convincing soldier?
(a) Hideyo.
(b) Yoko.
(c) Ko.
(d) Mother.

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

11. What happens to the three soldiers when they confront Yoko's family?
(a) They surrender.
(b) They are shot.
(c) A bomb kills them.
(d) They are ambushed.

12. Who is a bigger threat to Yoko and her family?
(a) The Russians.
(b) The Japanese.
(c) The British.
(d) The Korean Communists.

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

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

15. When Hideyo leaves his friends, where does he head?
(a) Japan.
(b) Pusan.
(c) Seoul.
(d) To school.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which phrase best describes the family's mindset in Chapter 3?

3. Where do Yoko and family hide when they hear marching feet?

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

5. What disease do the Korean Communists think mother has?

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