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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) Understanding.
(c) Kindness.
(d) Vengeance.

2. What does Ko miss about the train station?
(a) The smell.
(b) The people.
(c) The clock.
(d) The sounds.

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

4. Who do the police call to help Yoko and Ko now that they are on their own in Chapter 8?
(a) Hideyo.
(b) Father.
(c) The Korean Communists.
(d) The funeral service.

5. What do Yoko and Ko use as an urn to store the important ashes?
(a) A family heirloom.
(b) A mess kit.
(c) A wooden box.
(d) A bottle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Ko and Yoko set up in the warehouse?

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

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

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

5. How does eating so many mushrooms effect Hideyo?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the dichotomy of the Tokyo train station.

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

5. What role do Ko and Yoko play in Mother's death ritual?

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

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

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

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

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

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