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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 speak more fluently.
(b) His stutter is worse.
(c) He begins to sing.
(d) He goes mute.

2. Towards the end of Chapter 8, what does Ko courageously do to carry out an important duty?
(a) Defend her honor.
(b) Light the crematorium fire.
(c) Go in search of Hideyo.
(d) Stand up to the Communists.

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

4. What town is the only one to escape bombing?
(a) Pusan.
(b) Aomori.
(c) Kyoto.
(d) Nanam.

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

6. What is on the bulletin board on Yoko's fifth day of school?
(a) A drawing of her picking through the trash.
(b) A nasty note about Yoko's sister.
(c) A photo of her with dirty clothes on.
(d) A drawing of her rucksacks.

7. What was the main difference between the Japanese trains and the Korean trains?
(a) The Korean trains are more crowded.
(b) The Korean trains are cleaner.
(c) The Japanese trains are slower.
(d) The Japanese trains are smaller.

8. What is like "tons of stone"?
(a) The snow Hideyo walks through.
(b) The blanket he carries.
(c) Hideyo's shoes.
(d) Hideyo's rucksack.

9. What is Yoko instructed to give Hideyo as a welcome gift?
(a) A sword.
(b) A letter.
(c) A kimono.
(d) A watch.

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

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

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

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

14. Besides hunger, what does Hideyo experience?
(a) Love.
(b) Forgetfulness.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Hate.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the refugee camp?

2. What is the condition of the warehouse when Ko and Yoko arrive?

3. What happened to Yoko's grandparents?

4. What does Ko learn when reading the newspaper?

5. Why does Yoko speak slowly to the man with the stutter?

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