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

2. What does Ko call Yoko?
(a) Sis.
(b) Shorty.
(c) Little one.
(d) Dear.

3. What is Yoko most upset over after she, Ko, and Mother change into their disguises and continue their journey towards Seoul?
(a) Her shaved head.
(b) Being thirsty.
(c) Missing her friends.
(d) Being hungry.

4. How does Yoko's family survive?
(a) By hiding behind a wall.
(b) By hitting the ground quickly.
(c) By taking cover.
(d) By ambushing their enemy.

5. What do the police barge into the family's home and take in addition to mother's wedding ring?
(a) Silver necklace.
(b) Wire-rimmed glasses.
(c) Family heirlooms.
(d) Books.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Yoko given that she describes as a "precious treasure"?

3. Where does Hideyo work?

4. Why does Hideyo fail the written test for the military?

5. What theme does the story allude to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the Kawashima family, of Japanese origin, living in Korea?

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

3. Why do the students perform at the hospital?

4. Why do you think Hideyo and his friends make a plan to reunite in five years at the Tokyo Bridge?

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

6. What evidence is there of Ko's survival skills and instinct in Chapter 2?

7. The Japanese are being persecuted by the Korean Communists because of their nationality. How has Yoko had to compromise her individual and cultural identity thus far?

8. What evidence is there in Chapter 5 that indicates that Ko's place and role in the family has changed?

9. Early in Chapter 5, Ko wishes that Yoko had been killed. Do you think she still feels this way at the end of the chapter? Why or why not?

10. Give examples of ordinary people risking their lives to help others in Chapter 2.

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