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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the story Yoko wrote in first grade?
(a) Japanese Traditions.
(b) My Family.
(c) Life Abroad.
(d) Canary Bird.

2. What do Yoko and Ko find in the wrapping cloth?
(a) Food.
(b) Money.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) A letter.

3. What does Yoko learn to look for in the trash to sell?
(a) Extra food.
(b) Cans and bottles.
(c) Spare change.
(d) Books.

4. What does Mrs. Masuda offer Yoko and Ko?
(a) Blankets and pillows.
(b) Books to read.
(c) Pots and pans to cook.
(d) Food to eat.

5. Why does Yoko resolve to never step into a Buddhist temple?
(a) Because mother told her not to.
(b) Because she was afraid of them.
(c) Because she wasn't a Buddhist.
(d) Because the monk wouldn't say a prayer.

6. Why does Hideyo climb a tree instead of playing dead?
(a) He is afraid of being buried alive.
(b) He is afraid the soldiers will realize he is really alive.
(c) He thinks that he might launch a surprise attack on the soldiers.
(d) He thinks the soldiers will take his valuables from him.

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

8. What is mother wearing in Chapter 8?
(a) Her wartime national clothes.
(b) The Korean Communist uniform.
(c) A dress.
(d) Rags.

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

10. Who do the police call to help Yoko and Ko now that they are on their own in Chapter 8?
(a) Hideyo.
(b) The Korean Communists.
(c) The funeral service.
(d) Father.

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

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

13. How long did it take to cross the Korean Straight?
(a) A week.
(b) A month.
(c) Three days.
(d) Six hours.

14. What do Ko and Yoko set up in the warehouse?
(a) An altar.
(b) A kitchen.
(c) A place to study.
(d) An orphanage.

15. Why does Yoko speak slowly to the man with the stutter?
(a) Because father once cured someone by doing this.
(b) Because he asks her to.
(c) Because he can't understand her.
(d) Because she can't understand him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yoko ask Mother at the end of Chapter 8?

2. What do Yoko and Ko use as an urn to store the important ashes?

3. What was the main difference between the Japanese trains and the Korean trains?

4. What is Hideyo's motivation to live through the snow storm?

5. How does Yoko think of Ko?

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