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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 sleep on?
(a) A thin mattress.
(b) A blanket.
(c) The ground.
(d) His sister's fur coat.

2. What predicament does Yoko face after being enrolled in school for a few months?
(a) The loss of all her possessions.
(b) Whether to get a job.
(c) Whether to continue going to school.
(d) An increase in school tuition.

3. What does Ko learn when reading the newspaper?
(a) That they need to report to the embassy.
(b) That father has died.
(c) That Hideyo has died.
(d) That there is a new port for refugees from Korea.

4. Why does the group of soldiers want to divide up the confiscated valuables on the spot?
(a) They think that the Japanese people they stole from will find them.
(b) They're afraid of losing them in their travels.
(c) They think they'll get shortchanged.
(d) They're afraid of their superior finding out.

5. What is the most gorgeous thing Yoko ever owned?
(a) The futon.
(b) Mother's short sword.
(c) New shoes.
(d) The coat Ko made for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why won't Mother leave for Aomori?

2. Where does the ship on which Yoko, Ko, and Mother were on dock?

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

4. Besides hunger, what does Hideyo experience?

5. What is Hideyo's motivation to live through the snow storm?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. How do Yoko and Ko carry out the Japanese death ritual and show respect for mother?

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

8. Why do you think Yoko would choose to write about her experiences at school rather than the ordeal she and her family endured when leaving Korea?

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

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

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