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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. One lesson learned by Hideyo in Chapter 4 could be summarized as:
(a) Duplicity is an effective way to deal with the enemy.
(b) What goes around comes around.
(c) You never know who your friends are.
(d) Sometimes it is necessary to do awful things in order to survive.

2. Which character becomes a friend of Yoko's family?
(a) Corporal Matsumura.
(b) Major Ryu.
(c) Mr. Fukui.
(d) Mr. Enomoto.

3. Where does Hideyo work?
(a) At a school.
(b) In an office.
(c) In the fields.
(d) In a factory.

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

5. Where does Ko find food for the family?
(a) At the hospital.
(b) On the train.
(c) In someone's bag.
(d) In the hotel garbage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the Communists search for on the train?

2. What is the first thing the family eats after four days of not eating anything?

3. What happens after the train is bombed?

4. How does Ko change her appearance?

5. Why does Yoko's family live in Korea?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do the students perform at the hospital?

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

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

5. Why does Hideyo think that the Korean Communists want to find his father?

6. Why do you think Hideyo and his friends take extra care in handling the bodies of women or young girls when they are packing up bodies for disposal?

7. 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?

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

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

10. 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?

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