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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 happens to Hideyo when he reaches the farmhouse?
(a) He vomits.
(b) He finds his family.
(c) He collapses.
(d) He dies.

2. What does Ko make from the Korean Communists' uniforms?
(a) Pants for herself.
(b) Pants for Mr. Masuda.
(c) A coat for Yoko.
(d) A dress for Mrs. Masuda.

3. What happens to mother in Chapter 8?
(a) She leaves on a train.
(b) She heads to her parents' house.
(c) She goes to look for Hideyo.
(d) She dies.

4. Why does Yoko resolve to never step into a Buddhist temple?
(a) Because the monk wouldn't say a prayer.
(b) Because mother told her not to.
(c) Because she wasn't a Buddhist.
(d) Because she was afraid of them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why won't Hideyo throw away the old Korean clothes?

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

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

4. What is like "tons of stone"?

5. What physical attribute is Yoko very self-conscious about?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

6. Describe the dichotomy of the Tokyo train station.

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

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

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

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