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

2. What does father direct the family to do in the bamboo grove?
(a) Cut it down.
(b) Hide their valuables.
(c) Dig a shelter.
(d) Set it on fire.

3. What does Yoko liken her blanket to?
(a) A pacifier in her mouth.
(b) A necessary evil.
(c) An iron on her back.
(d) A burden on her conscience.

4. Which character is bandaged from head to toe?
(a) Hideyo.
(b) Mr. Enomoto.
(c) Major Ryu.
(d) Corporal Matsumura.

5. How long is the journey to Pusan by train?
(a) Five days.
(b) A few hours.
(c) Three days.
(d) One week.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yoko's family learn once they arrive in Seoul?

2. What change in Yoko's and Ko's behavior does Mother insist on so that their identity will not be discovered while waiting at the Seoul train station?

3. What does Ko see that makes her want the family to leave Seoul?

4. Who do Hideyo and his friends encounter on their journey towards Seoul?

5. How does Yoko's family travel undetected?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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 make a plan to reunite in five years at the Tokyo Bridge?

7. 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?

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

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

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

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