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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 trait does Mrs. Masuda personify?
(a) Humility.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Vengeance.
(d) Understanding.

2. What town is the only one to escape bombing?
(a) Nanam.
(b) Aomori.
(c) Pusan.
(d) Kyoto.

3. What physical attribute is Yoko very self-conscious about?
(a) Her height.
(b) Her hair.
(c) Her weight.
(d) Her feet.

4. What is the name of the story Yoko wrote in first grade?
(a) Canary Bird.
(b) My Family.
(c) Japanese Traditions.
(d) Life Abroad.

5. Where does the ship on which Yoko, Ko, and Mother were on dock?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Nanam.
(c) Rashin.
(d) Fukuoka.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Yoko hand deliver her manuscript?

2. What does Yoko ask Mother at the end of Chapter 8?

3. What experience does Yoko have in the train station while waiting for Ko to return from school that makes her suddenly feel grown up?

4. What happens to Hideyo when he reaches the farmhouse?

5. What do Yoko and Ko use as an urn to store the important ashes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the emotions Ko and Yoko experience in the first few pages of Chapter 9.

2. How does Yoko feel when she disembarks the boat in Fukuoka?

3. What are the physical and psychological obstacles facing Hideyo in Chapter 6?

4. What rituals and traditions do Yoko and Ko perform in honor of New Year's? What significance do they have?

5. What evidence is there that deep down, Ko is still a young girl?

6. At this point in the story, what defines "normal" for Yoko and Ko?

7. Why do you think Yoko titled her essay, "Understanding?"

8. Upon mother's and Yoko's reunion at the train station, Yoko thinks to herself that she suddenly "felt grown up." What brings about this change in Yoko's sense of self?

9. Why do you think Hideyo is so attached to Yoko's fur coat?

10. How does Ko demonstrate the importance of respect in Japanese culture?

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