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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did mother tell Yoko to hold onto before she passed away?
(a) Their integrity.
(b) Their money.
(c) Their papers.
(d) Their wrapping cloth.

2. Who has Mrs. Masuda been waiting for at the train station?
(a) Her son.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) Her niece.
(d) Her nephew.

3. What happens to mother in Chapter 8?
(a) She dies.
(b) She goes to look for Hideyo.
(c) She leaves on a train.
(d) She heads to her parents' house.

4. What does Hideyo sleep on?
(a) His sister's fur coat.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A thin mattress.
(d) The ground.

5. Who writes a letter to Yoko?
(a) Hideyo.
(b) Father.
(c) Mrs. Masuda.
(d) Corporal Matsumura.

6. Who is Mrs. Masuda?
(a) Yoko's teacher.
(b) A friend of Mother's.
(c) A factory owner who helps the sisters.
(d) A distant relative.

7. How does Yoko think of Ko?
(a) Ko is mean, and Yoko is scared of her.
(b) Ko is a liar, and Yoko hates her.
(c) Ko is bossy, but Yoko loves her.
(d) Ko is nice, and Yoko likes her.

8. What predicament does Yoko face after being enrolled in school for a few months?
(a) Whether to get a job.
(b) Whether to continue going to school.
(c) The loss of all her possessions.
(d) An increase in school tuition.

9. What is Hideyo's motivation to live through the snow storm?
(a) He wants to return to Japan.
(b) He wants to kill the Korean Communists.
(c) He wants revenge on the Russians.
(d) He wants to see his family again.

10. What does the first train Yoko, Ko, and mother board in Japan smell like?
(a) A zoo.
(b) Rotten fish.
(c) Garbage.
(d) Dirty socks.

11. Why won't Mother leave for Aomori?
(a) They haven't found Hideyo yet.
(b) They have no way to get there.
(c) It is too dangerous.
(d) They don't know where father is.

12. Why does the group of soldiers want to divide up the confiscated valuables on the spot?
(a) They think they'll get shortchanged.
(b) They're afraid of losing them in their travels.
(c) They think that the Japanese people they stole from will find them.
(d) They're afraid of their superior finding out.

13. Why does Yoko hand deliver her manuscript?
(a) She doesn't have enough money to mail it.
(b) It is supposed to be hand-delivered.
(c) It is too heavy to mail.
(d) She is required to read it aloud to the judges.

14. What headline does Yoko see in the newspaper?
(a) War is over.
(b) Essay contest.
(c) Thousands dead.
(d) School closing.

15. What does mother tell Yoko and Ko must be their priority?
(a) Education.
(b) Shelter.
(c) Getting a job.
(d) Finding food.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has the janitor at Yoko's school changed in Chapter 8?

2. What is Yoko instructed to give Hideyo as a welcome gift?

3. What does Ko make for breakfast, "the only decent breakfast" they've eaten in five months?

4. Why does Yoko resolve to never step into a Buddhist temple?

5. What is the most gorgeous thing Yoko ever owned?

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