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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. When Hideyo leaves his friends, where does he head?
(a) Pusan.
(b) To school.
(c) Japan.
(d) Seoul.

2. Which theme emerges in Chapter 2?
(a) The family's poverty cannot be overcome.
(b) Education is the key to success.
(c) Racism can be overcome.
(d) The family's kindness to others is repaid.

3. What were the Japanese required to surrender to Korean officials before boarding the ship to Japan?
(a) Food.
(b) Money.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Valuables.

4. Where are Yoko, Ko, and Mother located for most of Chapter 2?
(a) Aboard a train.
(b) At home.
(c) In the bamboo grove.
(d) In prison.

5. Who does Yoko know will become an important figure in her life?
(a) Mr. Fukui.
(b) Ko.
(c) Hideyo.
(d) Corporal Matsumura.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yoko do to one of the policemen?

2. What does the group of four friends find when they return to their village?

3. What news does the tall policeman deliver to Yoko's family?

4. What disease do the Korean Communists think mother has?

5. What news does Yoko's teacher, Mr. Enomoto deliver to the class?

Short Essay Questions

1. If you were to give Chapter 2 a title, what would it be, and why?

2. The Korean officials are quite strict about letting only 100 people on the boat. One official says, "the rule is the rule. That is what your government always said to us." Why do you think the soldier delights in saying this to the hundreds of people waiting in line?

3. 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?

4. Why do the students perform at the hospital?

5. Why is mother upset that Hideyo wants to join the army?

6. How is Yoko's family's life different during the day and at night?

7. In what ways is Yoko having to grow up quickly in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

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