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

2. What was the main difference between the Japanese trains and the Korean trains?
(a) The Japanese trains are slower.
(b) The Korean trains are cleaner.
(c) The Korean trains are more crowded.
(d) The Japanese trains are smaller.

3. In addition to "trash picker," what do Yoko's classmates call her?
(a) Rag doll.
(b) Poor girl.
(c) Yoko the orphan.
(d) Dirty girl.

4. What is the name of the story Yoko wrote in first grade?
(a) Canary Bird.
(b) My Family.
(c) Japanese Traditions.
(d) Life Abroad.

5. What is their first meal in the homeland?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Rice.
(c) Roasted corn.
(d) Cooked apples.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Yoko's grandparents?

2. What experience does Yoko have in the train station while waiting for Ko to return from school that makes her suddenly feel grown up?

3. What trait does Mrs. Masuda personify?

4. What is Yoko instructed to give Hideyo as a welcome gift?

5. What does Ko learn when reading the newspaper?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Do you think the geese Hideyo sees flying are a symbol of anything? If so, what?

7. 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?

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

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

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

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