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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. Where is the red light that Hideyo sees coming from?
(a) A soldier's bunker.
(b) A train in the distance.
(c) A farmhouse.
(d) His home.

2. What does Yoko take from the trash?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Paper.
(c) Pencils.
(d) Food.

3. What does Yoko learn to look for in the trash to sell?
(a) Spare change.
(b) Cans and bottles.
(c) Books.
(d) Extra food.

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

5. Besides hunger, what does Hideyo experience?
(a) Forgetfulness.
(b) Love.
(c) Hate.
(d) Loneliness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the condition of the warehouse when Ko and Yoko arrive?

2. Why does Yoko speak slowly to the man with the stutter?

3. Why was Hideyo happy at first when he sees people coming towards him on the tracks?

4. Why does Yoko hand deliver her manuscript?

5. What wakes up Yoko while she is sleeping in the factory?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How would you characterize Yoko's classmates' experience during the final months of the war based on the way she is received?

4. Why does Hideyo not want to part with the clothes he gtes from the Lees?

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

6. Why does Yoko find it hard to believe that the corporal has found her and Ko?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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