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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yoko ask Mother at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) To forgive her.
(b) To watch over her and Ko.
(c) To help Ko repent for her sins.
(d) To help them with their school work.

2. What does Ko learn when reading the newspaper?
(a) That there is a new port for refugees from Korea.
(b) That Hideyo has died.
(c) That they need to report to the embassy.
(d) That father has died.

3. What physical attribute is Yoko very self-conscious about?
(a) Her weight.
(b) Her height.
(c) Her hair.
(d) Her feet.

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

5. Where does the ship on which Yoko, Ko, and Mother were on dock?
(a) Nanam.
(b) Rashin.
(c) Fukuoka.
(d) Tokyo.

6. In addition to Japanese, who are the Korean Communists killing?
(a) Men over the age of 18.
(b) Russians.
(c) Women and children.
(d) Communist resisters.

7. What does Yoko take from the trash?
(a) Food.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Paper.
(d) Pencils.

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

9. What is their first meal in the homeland?
(a) Cooked apples.
(b) Oranges.
(c) Roasted corn.
(d) Rice.

10. What was father's name seal made of?
(a) Ivory.
(b) Metal.
(c) Jade.
(d) Stone.

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

12. What wakes up Yoko while she is sleeping in the factory?
(a) A streetcar.
(b) An alarm.
(c) A bad dream.
(d) Ko.

13. How has the janitor at Yoko's school changed in Chapter 8?
(a) He begins to speak more fluently.
(b) He goes mute.
(c) His stutter is worse.
(d) He begins to sing.

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

15. What is the most gorgeous thing Yoko ever owned?
(a) The coat Ko made for her.
(b) New shoes.
(c) Mother's short sword.
(d) The futon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the red light that Hideyo sees coming from?

3. What is the name of the story Yoko wrote in first grade?

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

5. Towards the end of Chapter 8, what does Ko courageously do to carry out an important duty?

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