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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yoko study at school in addition to calligraphy and Japanese dancing?
(a) History.
(b) Mythology.
(c) Tea ceremonies.
(d) Religion.

2. What does Yoko liken her blanket to?
(a) A pacifier in her mouth.
(b) A burden on her conscience.
(c) An iron on her back.
(d) A necessary evil.

3. What does the train stop to get?
(a) Food.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) More prisoners.
(d) Coal and water.

4. Why is Mother disappointed in Ko?
(a) Because she has become a liar and a thief.
(b) Because she isn't taking her studies seriously.
(c) Because she doesn't respect her elders.
(d) Because she did not obey Mother's requests.

5. What job do Hideyo and his friends take?
(a) Cooking meals for the Communists.
(b) Tutoring young Japanese students.
(c) Disposing corpses of Japanese into Tanch'on Bay.
(d) Cleaning the soldiers' barracks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which family member is injured by an explosion in Chapter 3?

2. Why do the Korean Communists resent the Japanese?

3. What skill does Hideyo use to convince others that he is Korean?

4. What happens to the three soldiers when they confront Yoko's family?

5. What is a plausible explanation for the Russians not realizing that Hideyo and his friends were Japanese and not Korean?

Short Essay Questions

1. Yoko's family has little time to pack when they left their home. They have to decide between items necessary for survival and items which are of sentimental value. What item of sentimental is revealed in this chapter and what is its significance?

2. What scene do Yoko, Ko, and mother encounter when they arrive at the train station?

3. For the first time, Ko cries as the family sets sail towards Japan. Why do you think she cries?

4. What war-time preparations are being made by Yoko's family in Chapter 1?

5. Why do you think "Hideyo talked to himself in his heart"?

6. What is the symbolism of Yoko's Mt. Fuji paperweight?

7. Why do you think Hideyo returns home to retrieve the family photo album?

8. Under what circumstances does Yoko think Ko is being mean?

9. Describe Yoko's emotions as she, Ko, and mother head for Japan.

10. Do you think Yoko would have made it this far without Ko?

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