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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Yoko know will become an important figure in her life?
2. Who do Hideyo and his friends encounter on their journey towards Seoul?
3. Where does Hideyo work?
4. What is stolen from Hideyo's room at home?
5. What do Hideyo and his friends discover on the way to Seoul?
Short Essay Questions
1. Under what circumstances does Yoko think Ko is being mean?
2. What sort of traditional Japanese activities is Yoko learning at school?
3. How is Yoko's family's life different during the day and at night?
4. Yoko's family has little time to pack when they left their home. They have to decide between items necessary for survival and items which are of sentimental value. What item of sentimental is revealed in this chapter and what is its significance?
5. Give examples of ordinary people risking their lives to help others in Chapter 2.
6. What war-time preparations are being made by Yoko's family in Chapter 1?
7. Why is the Kawashima family, of Japanese origin, living in Korea?
8. Why does Hideyo think that the Korean Communists want to find his father?
9. The Japanese are being persecuted by the Korean Communists because of their nationality. How has Yoko had to compromise her individual and cultural identity thus far?
10. Describe Ko's continued ascent to leader of the family.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the role of honor in the book.
Essay Topic 2
Aside from physically being so far from the bamboo grove, how are Yoko and her family symbolically so far from it? In other words, what does the bamboo grove symbolize for them?
Essay Topic 3
What historical events explain why the Korean Communists persecuted the Japanese? Are there any similar situations in history which have brought about a similar result?
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