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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What happened to Yoko's grandparents?
(a) They all died in the bombing.
(b) They were refugees.
(c) They were missing.
(d) They were prisoners of war.

5. How long has it been since Hideyo had eaten at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) A few days.
(b) Five days.
(c) Nearly two weeks.
(d) Almost a month.

6. In Chapter 7, what does Yoko see for the first time once in Japan?
(a) A movie.
(b) A streetcar.
(c) A plane.
(d) A bus.

7. How does Mother pay for Yoko and Ko to go to school?
(a) She obtained scholarships for them.
(b) A friend of mother's pays.
(c) She steals the money.
(d) She has brought money from Korea.

8. How long have Yoko, Ko, and mother been at the refugee camp?
(a) A month.
(b) Six months.
(c) A week.
(d) A year.

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

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

11. How had Hideyo felt about snow when he lived in Nanam?
(a) He hated it.
(b) He thought it was pretty.
(c) He was delighted to see it.
(d) He didn't care.

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

13. What is the title of Yoko's work?
(a) Depression.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Power.
(d) Knowledge.

14. How does eating so many mushrooms effect Hideyo?
(a) He is malnourished.
(b) He has enough protein.
(c) He is fine.
(d) He has diarrhea.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What experience does Yoko have in the train station while waiting for Ko to return from school that makes her suddenly feel grown up?

2. What happens to mother in Chapter 8?

3. Why does Hideyo consider the moon "unsympathetic"?

4. Why does Yoko hand deliver her manuscript?

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

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