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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 group of four friends find when they return to their village?
(a) Their village has been burned to the ground.
(b) Their village has been liberated.
(c) Their families are tied up.
(d) Their homes have been ransacked.

2. Who do Hideyo and his friends encounter on their journey towards Seoul?
(a) Two refugees.
(b) Two Russian soldiers.
(c) Two Korean Communists.
(d) Two girls.

3. What does the note say that Yoko gives the corporal?
(a) Good bye for now.
(b) I will miss you.
(c) Thank you.
(d) Good luck in war.

4. Why is Yoko's family sprayed with chemicals?
(a) To disinfect the dirty uniforms.
(b) To kill any lice and bugs.
(c) To rid them of disease.
(d) To immunize them.

5. What news does the tall policeman deliver to Yoko's family?
(a) That their native village was destroyed.
(b) That atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
(c) That they would have to stay in Seoul indefinitely.
(d) That their relatives had been killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has landed near Nanan?

2. Who does Yoko know will become an important figure in her life?

3. What do the police barge into the family's home and take in addition to mother's wedding ring?

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

5. What do Hideyo and his friends discover on the way to Seoul?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does mother not want to look as the train passes their house?

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

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

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

5. What sort of traditional Japanese activities is Yoko learning at school?

6. Why do you think that Mother seems dismayed about how Ko procures the tomatoes and corn instead of marveling at Ko's resourcefulness?

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

8. 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?

9. Describe Ko's continued ascent to leader of the family.

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

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