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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 Hideyo do instead of going to war?
(a) Goes to America.
(b) Goes to work in the factory.
(c) Goes to school.
(d) Goes to jail.

2. Which family member is injured by an explosion in Chapter 3?
(a) Yoko.
(b) Hideyo.
(c) Father.
(d) Ko.

3. What is Hideyo packing into metal-lined wooden boxes at the start of Chapter 4?
(a) Canteens.
(b) Machine guns.
(c) Grenades.
(d) Food.

4. Who is a bigger threat to Yoko and her family?
(a) The Korean Communists.
(b) The Japanese.
(c) The British.
(d) The Russians.

5. Where does the family catch a train to?
(a) Nanam.
(b) Maizuru.
(c) Pusan.
(d) Seoul.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is stolen from Hideyo's room at home?

2. What outrages Hideyo?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why do the students perform at the hospital?

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

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

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

10. 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?

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