View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Ko's classmates stop teasing her?
(a) They learn she is a skilled seamstress.
(b) They find out what she has been through.
(c) They learn that she is the smartest student in the class.
(d) They find out that she is secretly wealthy.

2. What happened to Yoko's grandparents?
(a) They were missing.
(b) They all died in the bombing.
(c) They were prisoners of war.
(d) They were refugees.

3. Who writes a letter to Yoko?
(a) Father.
(b) Mrs. Masuda.
(c) Hideyo.
(d) Corporal Matsumura.

4. What is Yoko's favorite subject?
(a) Math.
(b) English.
(c) Science.
(d) History.

5. What do Yoko and Ko find in the wrapping cloth?
(a) A letter.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Food.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hideyo sleep on?

2. How has the janitor at Yoko's school changed in Chapter 8?

3. Why won't Mother leave for Aomori?

4. Why can't Yoko go to the hotel alone?

5. What is the name of the story Yoko wrote in first grade?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ko continue to demonstrate her survival instincts in Chapter 9?

2. In order to survive for as long as Hideyo has in the conditions he has endured, what character traits do you think he possesses?

3. Why do you think that mother insists that Yoko and Ko continue their education?

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

5. Despite their destitute situation, how does Ko see things in a positive light?

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

7. Describe Yoko's friendship with Mr. Naido.

8. What motivates Hideyo to press on as he struggles through the storm?

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

10. Describe the dichotomy of the Tokyo train station.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 941 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample